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B-chromosome frequency stability in Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae).
Genetica - 1 Mar 2010
Voltolin Tatiana Aparecida, Senhorini José Augusto, Oliveira Claudio, Foresti Fausto, Bortolozzi Jehud, Porto-Foresti Fabio
Abstract excerpt
The genus Prochilodus includes individuals ranging in size from medium to large, being highly relevant for commercial and subsistence fishing. Prochilodus species have a diploid number of 2n = 54 chromosomes and up to seven supernumerary (B) microchromosomes. Previous research has shown that B frequency increased drastically in the Mogi-Guaçu river population of Prochilodus lineatus in the early 1980s, whereas it...
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