W Chromosome Dynamics in Triportheus Species (Characiformes, Triportheidae): An Ongoing Process Narrated by

Cassia Fernanda Yano1, Luiz Antônio Carlos Bertollo1, Thomas Liehr1

  • 1Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano).

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