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Taxonomic Diversity Not Associated with Gross Karyotype Differentiation: The Case of Bighead Carps, Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae).
Genes - 28 Apr 2020
Sember Alexandr, Pelikánová Šárka, de Bello Cioffi Marcelo, Šlechtová Vendula, Hatanaka Terumi, Do Doan Hiep, Knytl Martin, Ráb Petr
Abstract excerpt
The bighead carps of the genus Hypophthalmichthys (H. molitrix and H. nobilis) are important aquaculture species. They were subjected to extensive multidisciplinary research, but with cytogenetics confined to conventional protocols only. Here, we employed Giemsa-/C-/CMA3- stainings and chromosomal mapping of multigene families and telomeric repeats. Both species shared (i) a diploid chromosome number 2n = 48 and...
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