Karyotype Characterization of Nine Periwinkle Species (Gastropoda, Littorinidae)

Periwinkles of the family Littorinidae (Children, 1834) are common members of seashore littoral communities worldwide. Although the family is composed of more than 200 species belonging to 18 genera, chromosome numbers have been described in only eleven of them. A molecular cytogenetic analysis of n...

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Main Authors: Daniel García-Souto, Sandra Alonso-Rubido, Diana Costa, José M. Eirín-López, Emilio Rolán-Álvarez, Rui Faria, Juan Galindo, Juan J. Pasantes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/11/517