Uncovering the Ancestry of B Chromosomes in Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Teleostei, Characidae).

B chromosomes constitute a heterogeneous mixture of genomic parasites that are sometimes derived intraspecifically from the standard genome of the host species, but result from interspecific hybridization in other cases. The mode of origin determines the DNA content, with the B chromosomes showing h...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Utsunomia, Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato de Andrade Silva, Francisco J Ruiz-Ruano, Cristian Araya-Jaime, José Carlos Pansonato-Alves, Priscilla Cardim Scacchetti, Diogo Teruo Hashimoto, Claudio Oliveira, Vladmir A Trifonov, Fábio Porto-Foresti, Juan Pedro M Camacho, Fausto Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4775049?pdf=render