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Trends in the karyotype evolution of Loricariidae fish (Siluriformes).
Hereditas - 1 Jan 2001
Artoni R F, Bertollo L A
Abstract excerpt
Six species of Loricariidae belonging to the subfamilies Hypostominae (Hypostomus emarginatus, Rhinelepsis aspera, Pogonopoma wertheimeri), Ancistrinae (Panaque cf. nigrolineatus, Hemiancistrus sp.) and Loricariinae (Sturisoma cf. nigrirostrum) were studied cytogenetically. The results show that 2n = 54 represents the basal diploid number for this fish family. Different trends in the karyotypic evolution can be...
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