Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Vasconcelos, Antonio Jales Moraes ^a   Molina, Wagner Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anguilliformes; Fish cytogenetics; Muraenidae; Ophichthidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; ENCHELYCORE NIGRICANS; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GYMNOTHORAX MILIARIS; GYMNOTHORAX VICINUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MURAENA PAVONINA; MYRICHTHYS OCELLATUS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ENCHELYCORE NIGRICANS; GYMNOTHORAX MILIARIS; MURAENA; MURAENIDAE; MYRICHTHYS OCELLATUS; OPHICHTHIDAE; PAVONINA; PISCES; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 66649112759     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000015     Document Type: Article

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