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

Cytogenetic analysis of Potamotrygon aff. motoro and P. falkneri indicated the occurrence of an X1X1X2X2/X1X2 Y multiple sex chromosome system in both species, with 2n = 66 chromosomes for females and 2n = 65 chromosomes for males. The nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) identified using Ag-NOR techn...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Paes da Cruz, Cristiane Kioko Shimabukuro-Dias, Claudio Oliveira, Fausto Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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NOR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252011000100020&lng=en&tlng=en