Cytogenetic characterization of metynnis maculatus (teleostei; characiformes): The description in serrasalminae of a small b chromosome bearing inactive nor-like sequences

Caryologia

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Sabrina, Baroni ^a   Lopes, Carlos E ^a   de Almeida Toledo, Lurdes F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Characidae; Cytogenetics; Rdna; Serrasalminae

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; METYNNIS; SERRASALMINAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70249118571     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2004.10589674     Document Type: Article

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