Supernumerary chromosomes in the pufferfish Sphoeroides spengleri - First occurrence in marine Teleostean Tetraodontiformes fish

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 243-245

  Alves, Anderson Luis ^a   Porto Foresti, Fábio ^b   Oliveira, Claudio ^b   Foresti, Fausto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Pufferfish; Sphoeroides spengleri

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MINICHROMOSOME; MINICHROMOSOME B; NONHUMAN; PUFFER FISH; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

BALISTIDAE; DIODONTIDAE; SPHOEROIDES SPENGLERI; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 46649087995     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572008000200014     Document Type: Article

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