B chromosomes in the fish Astyanax scabripinnis (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae): An overview in natural populations

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 230-234

  Moreira Filho, O ^a   Galetti Jr , P M ^a   Bertollo, L A C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; FISH; MEIOSIS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; FISHES; GENETICS, POPULATION;

ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX SCABRIPINNIS; CHARACIDAE; TETRAGONOPTERINAE;

EID: 4043052384     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079292     Document Type: Review

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