Intriguing evidence of translocations in Discus fish (Symphysodon, Cichlidae) and a report of the largest meiotic chromosomal chain observed in vertebrates

Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Gross, M C ^a   Feldberg, E ^a   Cella, D M ^b   Schneider, M C ^b   Schneider, C H ^a   Porto, J I R ^a   Martins, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Multivalent configuration; Ornamental fish; Symphysodon aequifasciatus; Symphysodon discus; Symphysodon haraldi

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CICHLID; COMPLEXITY; CYTOGENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; KARYOLOGY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CICHLIDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; SYMPHYSODON; SYMPHYSODON AEQUIFASCIATA; SYMPHYSODON DISCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349207067     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.3     Document Type: Article

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