Article
Karyotypic divergence reveals that diversity in the Oecomys paricola complex (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from eastern Amazonia is higher than previously thought.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Oliveira da Silva Willam, Rosa Celina Coelho, Pieczarka Julio Cesar, Ferguson-Smith Malcolm Andrew, O'Brien Patricia Caroline Mary, Mendes-Oliveira Ana Cristina, Rossi Rogério Vieira, Nagamachi Cleusa Yoshiko
Abstract excerpt
The genus Oecomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) is distributed from southern Central America to southeastern Brazil in South America. It currently comprises 18 species, but multidisciplinary approaches such as karyotypic, morphological and molecular studies have shown that there is a greater diversity within some lineages than others. In particular, it has been proposed that O. paricola constitutes a species complex...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosomes, Mammalian
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Genetic Variation
- Karyotype
- Sigmodontinae