Cytogenetic analysis and description of the sexual chromosome determination system ZZ/ZW of species of the fish genus Serrapinnus (Characidae, Cheirodontinae)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-509

  Santi Rampazzo, A P ^a   Nishiyama, P B ^b   Ferreira, P E B ^a   Martins Santos, I C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Nucleolus organizer region band; Serrapinnus notomelas; Serrapinnus sp; Sexual chromosome ZZ ZW

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FISH; GIEMSA STAIN; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; SERRAPINNUS; SERRAPINNUS NOTOMELAS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENETICS, POPULATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

CHARACIDAE; CHEIRODONTINAE;

EID: 36048998102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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