Meiotic self-pairing of the Psalidodon (Characiformes, Characidae) iso-B chromosome: A successful perpetuation mechanism

Abstract B chromosomes are non-essential additional genomic elements present in several animal and plant species. In fishes, species of the genus Psalidodon (Characiformes, Characidae) harbor great karyotype diversity, and multiple populations carry different types of non-essential B chromosomes. Th...

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Main Authors: Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato de Andrade Silva, Cristian Araya-Jaime, Masakane Yamashita, Mateus Rossetto Vidal, Claudio Oliveira, Fábio Porto-Foresti, Roberto Ferreira Artoni, Fausto Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2021-10-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572021000400203&tlng=en