A remarkable autosomal heteromorphism in Pseudoryzomys simplex 2n = 56; FN = 54-55 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

Pseudoryzomys simplex, the false rice rat, is a monotypic genus of the Oryzomyini tribe (Sigmodontinae) distributed in part of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Its diploid number has been described as 56 acrocentric chromosomes decreasing in size and no karyotype figure has been depicted. He...

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Main Authors: Camila Nascimento Moreira, Camilla Bruno Di-Nizo, Maria José de Jesus Silva, Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda, Karen Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2013-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572013000200010