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| Provedor de dados: |
Genet. Mol. Biol.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Chromosome study of Anteaters (Myrmecophagideae, Xenarthra): a preliminary report
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| Autores: |
Pereira Júnior,Hélio Rubens Jacintho
Jorge,Wilham
Costa,Maria Elvira Loyola Teixeira da
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| Data: |
2004-01-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Anteater
Chromosomes
Myrmecophagidae
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| Resumo: |
Anteaters belong to the Order Xenarthra / Family Myrmecophagidae and are the only members without teeth. There are three genera with four living species in the family Myrmecophagidae: Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater), Tamandua tetradactyla (southern lesser anteater), Tamandua mexicana (northern lesser anteater), and Cyclopes didactylus (silky anteater). The karyotypes of M. tridactyla (2n = 60), T. tetradactyla (2n = 54) and C. didactylus (2n = 64) have already been described. In the present paper, three female and two male specimens of giant anteater and one lesser anteater male were analyzed. The results indicate the existence of a new karyotype in the genus Tamandua, with 2n = 56 chromosomes, which can represent a new lesser anteater species. The karyotype of M. tridactyla was also described, supporting previous reports.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572004000300014
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1415-47572004000300014
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Genetics and Molecular Biology v.27 n.3 2004
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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