Cytogenetic studies in three species of Lutjanus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae) from the Isla Margarita, Venezuela

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Nirchio, Mauro ^a   Rondón, Rodolfo ^a   Oliveira, Claudio ^b   Ferreira, Irani A ^b   Martins, Cesar ^b   Pérez, Julio ^a   Sola, Luciana ^c   Rossi, Anna Rita ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

C banding; Karyotype; NOR polymorphism; Ribosomal genes; Robertsonian rearrangement

Indexed keywords

LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANINAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS ANALIS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS; PERCIFORMES; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 41949105199     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252008000100012     Document Type: Article

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