Karyology of the Atlantic forest rodent Juliomys (Cricetidae): a new karyotype from southern Brazil

Juliomys is a small rodent from the family Cricetidae which inhabits the Atlantic forest and forests from Argentina to eastern Brazil. The three species recognized so far have different karyotypes. In this paper, we describe a new karyotype with 2n = 32, FN = 48 found in Juliomys specimens from a hi...

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Main Authors: Roberta Paresque, Alexandre Uarth Christoff, Valéria Fagundes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000200016