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Comparative cytogenetics in Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) with focus on the cytotaxonomy of the group

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Câmpus Universitário do Araguaia, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética de Peixes - GEPEMA,
  • 2. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética. Câmpus Trindade. 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. issakar.souza@ufsc.br
  • 3. Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Instituto de Biociências, 18618-970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil. claudio@ibb.unesp.br

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Tenório, Renata Cristina Claudino de Oliveira, Vitorino, Carla de Andrade, Souza, Issakar Lima, Oliveira, Claudio, Venere, Paulo Cesar (2013): Comparative cytogenetics in Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) with focus on the cytotaxonomy of the group. Neotropical Ichthyology 11 (3): 553-564, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252013000300008, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000300553&lng=en&tlng=en

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