Standard karyotype and nucleolus organizer region of Neotropical blindsnake <em>Typhlops brongersmianus</em> (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

The karyotype of Typhlops brongersmianus is reported on the basis of specimens from north-eastern Argentina. The conventional Giemsa staining showed that the species has 2n = 34 chromosomes, including 8 pairs of macrochromosomes and 9 pairs of microchromosomes. Ag-NOR staining revealed the NORs loca...

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Main Authors: José Augusto Ruiz García, Alejandra Hernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2007-11-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1525