Cytotaxonomy of Gallinula melanops (Gruiformes, Rallidae): Karyotype evolution and phylogenetic inference

Abstract Although Rallidae is the most diverse family within Gruiformes, there is little information concerning the karyotype of the species in this group. In fact, Gallinula melanops, a species of Rallidae found in Brazil, is among the few species studied cytogenetically, but only with conventional...

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Main Authors: Ivanete de Oliveira Furo, Rafael Kretschmer, Patricia C. M. O’Brien, Jorge Claudio da Costa Pereira, Ricardo José Gunski, Analía Del Valle Garnero, Rebecca E. O’Connor, Darren Karl Griffin, Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith, Edivaldo Herculano Corrêa de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2021-04-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572021000300204&tlng=en