Karyotypic conservatism in five species of Prochilodus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae) disclosed by cytogenetic markers

The family Prochilodontidae is considered a group with well conserved chromosomes characterized by their number, morphology and banding patterns. Thence, our study aimed at accomplishing a cytogenetic analysis with conventional methods (Giemsa staining, silver staining of the nucleolus organizer reg...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Aparecida Voltolin, Manolo Penitente, Bruna Bueno Mendonça, José Augusto Senhorini, Fausto Foresti, Fábio Porto-Foresti
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=S1415-47572013000300008&lng=en&tlng=en