Chromosomes of three freshwater stingrays (Rajiformes Potamotrygonidae) from the Rio Negro basin, Amazon, Brazil

Genetica

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 33-39

  De Valentim, Francisco Carlos Souza ^a   Falcão, José Das Neves ^b   Porto, Jorge Ivan Rebelo ^a   Feldberg, Eliana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Campus Vale do Rio Madeira/UFAM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; C banding; Chromosomes; Freshwater rays; Nucleolar Organizer Region (NOR)

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLASSIFICATION; DIPLOIDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES; DIPLOIDY; FRESH WATER; KARYOTYPING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELASMOBRANCHII; PARATRYGON AIEREBA; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGON ORBIGNYI; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 33749618166     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-005-3816-y     Document Type: Article

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