A new karyotype for the genus Cavia from a southern island of Brazil (Rodentia - Caviidae)
Intraspecific karyotype variation in mammal species is very common and often caused by centromeric fusion of acrocentric chromosomes. We describe here a new karyotype 2n = 62 (FN = 112) for the genus Cavia from the Moleques do Sul Islands, of the southern coast of Brazil. We analyzed two male and fo...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1998-03-01
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000100013 |