Comparative Cytogenetics Among Three Sympatric Hypostomus Species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): An Evolutionary Analysis in a High Endemic Region

ABSTRACT The karyotypes of three armored catfish species (Loricariidae) from the Iguaçu river, southern of the Brazil, were compared using different techniques: C-banding, Ag-NOR and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which used 5S and 18S rDNAs and total Cot-1 fraction as probes. Hypostomus...

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Main Authors: Carla Andreia Lorscheider, Jordana Inácio Nascimento Oliveira, Thais Aparecida Dulz, Viviane Nogaroto, Isabel Cristina Martins-Santos, Marcelo Ricardo Vicari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2018-11-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132018000100435&lng=en&tlng=en