Karyotype variability in neotropical catfishes of the family Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
Karyotypic data are presented for four species of fish belonging to the Pimelodidae family. These species show a conserved diploid number, 2n = 56 chromosomes, with different karyotypic formulae. The analyzed species showed little amount of heterochromatin located preferentially in the centromeric a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252011000100007 |