Karyological study of Amphisbaena ridleyi (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae), an endemic species of the Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Laguna, Marcia Maria ^a   Amaro, Renata Cecília ^a   Mott, Tamí ^b   Yonenaga Yassuda, Yatiyo ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ag NOR; Amphisbaena ridleyi; Fernando de Noronha; FISH with telomeric probes; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENA RIDLEYI; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHISBAENA; AMPHISBAENIA; AMPHISBAENIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77749240449     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000009     Document Type: Article

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