Karyotype of North American shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum with the highest chromosome number in the Acipenseriformes

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-97

  Dong, Soo Kim ^a   Yoon, Kwon Nam ^a   Jae, Koo Noh ^b   Chul, Hong Park ^c   Chapman, Frank A ^c  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser brevirostrum; Ag NORs; Chromosome number; Shortnose sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ACIPENSERIFORMES;

EID: 23944451627     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0257-z     Document Type: Article

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