First report of a B chromosome in a natural population of Astyanax altiparanae (Characiformes, Characidae)

Several species of the genus Astyanax have already been genetically studied, and B-chromosomes have been considered to be an interesting feature in some species of this group. In the present paper we report, for the first time, the occurrence of a B microchromosome in a natural population of A. alti...

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Main Authors: Diogo Teruo Hashimoto, Vanessa Regina Gonçalves, Jehud Bortolozzi, Fausto Foresti, Fábio Porto-Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2008-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000200021