In the present study, 20 species of Siluriformes fish were analyzed in order to determine their nuclear DNA content and compare these data with their diploid number. In addition, the extension and importance of the changes ...

Análises citogenéticas foram realizadas em duas espécies de Curimatidae (Steindachnerina insculpta e Cyphocharax modestus) provenientes dos rios Paranapanema e Tietê (Estado de São Paulo, Brasil), evidenciando um cariótipo ...

The 5S ribosomal DNA (5S rDNA) of higher eukaryotes is organized in repeat units of tandem arrays composed of a 5S rDNA coding region, conserved even among non-related taxa, and a variable non-transcribed spacer sequence ...

The karyotypes of four Hisonotus species (two provisionally-named species A and D, H. nigricauda, and H. leucofrenatus) were found to have the same diploid number of 2n = 54 and interstitial silver-staining nucleolus ...

In order to extend the genetic data on the Sciaenidae fish family, the present study had the purpose to characterize PCR-generated 5S rDNA repeats of twelve species of this group through PAGE (Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis) ...

Leporinus elongatus, a fish species widely distributed throughout the Paraná River basin in South America, is an important fishery resource and a valuable species in aquaculture programs. Despite its great economic importance, ...

In the present study, the chromosomal mechanisms of nucleolar dominance were analyzed in the hybrid lineage Piaupara, which resulted from crossing the Leporinus macrocephalus female (Piau double dagger u) and L. elongatus ...

Specimens of Bufo ictericus, Bufo paracnemis and a third type, considered an intermediate subgroup between these species, were cytogenetically studied by conventional Giemsa staining, C-banding and staining of the nucleolus ...

Interspecific hybrids of fish can offer important advances in the zootechnical exploration of this animal group. However, hybrids can pose serious biological risks to the environment and natural populations, making genetic ...

Cytogenetic analyses were performed in Cyphocharax modestus, collected at Paranapanema River and Tietê River (São Paulo State, Brazil). A karyotype with 2n = 54 chromosomes was observed in the animals from both Brazilian ...