Evidence of an XX/XY sex chromosome system in the fish Dormitator maculatus (Teleostei, Eleotrididae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 635-655

  Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Toledo, Lurdes Foresti de Almeida ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ag NORs; C band; Fish cytogenetics; Karyotypes; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DORMITATOR MACULATUS; ELEOTRIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33751439062     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572006000400013     Document Type: Article

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