Karyotype characterization and nucleolar organizer regions of marsupial species (Didelphidae) from areas of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest in Brazil

Karyotype characterization and nucleolar organizer regions of marsupial species (Didelphidae) from areas of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest in Brazil

The karyotypes of 23 specimens belonging to 16 species from nine genera of Brazilian marsupials (family Didelphidae) were studied. The animals were collected in eight localities of Cerrado or Atlantic Forest biomes in the states of Goiás, Tocantins and São Paulo. The karyotypes wer...

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Main Authors: Núbia P. Pereira, Karen Ventura, Magno C. Silva Júnior, Daniela de Melo e Silva, Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda, Katia C. M. Pellegrino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2008-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
marsupials
karyotypes
cytogenetics
Didelphidae
NORs
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000500014

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