Bothrops moojeni Hoge Moojen’s fer de lance, caicaca

  • Maria Luiza Beçak
  • Willy Beçak
  • Franklin L. Roberts
  • Robert N. Shoffner
  • E. Peter Volpe
  • Kurt Benirschke
  • T. C. Hsu

Abstract

The karyotypes shown here were obtained from short term cultures of blood. The female is the heterogametic sex, the 4th pair of macrochromosomes correspond to the sex chromosomes ZW. Both specimens were captured in São Paulo, Brazil, and are preserved in the Collection of the Instituto Butantan.

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    Beçak, W., Beçak, M.L., Nazareth, H.R.S. and Ohno, S.: Close karyological kinship between the reptilian suborder Serpentes and the class Aves. Chromosoma Berl. 15: 606, 1964.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Maria Luiza Beçak
    • 1
  • Willy Beçak
    • 1
  • Franklin L. Roberts
    • 2
  • Robert N. Shoffner
    • 3
  • E. Peter Volpe
    • 4
  • Kurt Benirschke
    • 5
  • T. C. Hsu
    • 6
  1. 1.Serviço De GenéticaInstituto ButantanSão PauloBrazil
  2. 2.Department of ZoologyUniversity of MaineOronoUSA
  3. 3.Department of Animal ScienceUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulUSA
  4. 4.Department of BiologyTulane UniversityNew OrleansUSA
  5. 5.Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego,La JollaUSA
  6. 6.Section of Cell BiologyM.D. Anderson HospitalHoustonUSA

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