Cytotaxonomic and evolutionary considerations about karyotipic data of fishes from the Iguaçu River Basin in South of Brazil

The cytogenetic data available in the literature about the ichthyofauna of the Iguaçu River basin were analyzed in this review. The ichthyofauna was characterized by the high level of endemism and by the low diversity of species. Twenty-four of the eighty-one species were already karyotyped; six Cha...

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Main Authors: Daniel Luis Zanella Kantek, Roger Raupp Cipriano, Vinícius Abilhoa, Roberto Ferreira Artoni, Marta Margarete Cestari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000500007