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Variability and evolutionary implications of repetitive DNA dynamics in genome of Astyanax scabripinnis (Teleostei,

Patrícia Barbosa1, Eliza Viola Leal2, Maelin da Silva2

  • 1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética Evolutiva e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís Km 235, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil.

Comparative Cytogenetics
|September 19, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
B chromosomes microsatellites accumulationMicrosatellites chromosomic mappingsex-specific GATAn sequence location

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