Mapping of the 18S and 5S ribosomal RNA genes in Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 (Teleostei, Characidae) from the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-468

  Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre ^a,b   Martins Santos, Isabel Cristina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; 5S rDNA; Astyanax altiparanae; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Sequential Ag NOR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FISH GENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASTYANAX ALTIPARANAE; CHARACIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33748670712     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000300011     Document Type: Article

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