Karyotypic diversity in four species of the genus Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae): Physical mapping of ribosomal genes and telomeric sequences

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-235

  Scacchetti, Priscilla Cardim ^a   Pansonato Alves, José Carlos ^a   Utsunomia, Ricardo ^a   Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Foresti, Fausto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosomal rearrangements; Cytogenetics; FISH; Heterochromatin; rDNA

Indexed keywords

GYMNOTIDAE; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS; GYMNOTUS CARAPO; GYMNOTUS INAEQUILABIATUS; GYMNOTUS PANTHERINUS; GYMNOTUS SYLVIUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 80052276111     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v5i3.1375     Document Type: Article

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