Karyotype description and evidence of multiple sex chromosome system X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y in Potamotrygon aff. Motoro and P. Falkneri (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) in the upper paraná river basin, Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-208

  da Cruz, Vanessa Paes ^a   Shimabukuro Dias, Cristiane Kioko ^a   Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Foresti, Fausto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C band; Cytogenetic; Fish; NOR; Stingrays

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE;

EID: 79957562878     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011000100020     Document Type: Article

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