Molecular cytogenetic analyses reveal extensive chromosomal rearrangements and novel B chromosomes in Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characidae) [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 The cytogenetic characteristics of five fish species of the Moenkhausia are described, based on the analysis of specimens collected in different headwater. All the species analyzed presented 2n=50 chromosomes.
Cristiano Neves do Nascimento +5 more
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Characterization of Mitochondrial Genomes and Evolutionary Relationships in Two Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe family Acestrorhamphidae, comprising fish species with high nutritional and ornamental value, continues to face significant controversies regarding their systematic classification and evolutionary relationships.
Cheng‐He Sun +4 more
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Hooked by the tongue: buccal parasitism of Moenkhausia spp. (Ostariophysi: Acestrorhamphidae) by Paracymothoa astyanaxi (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaParasite-host interactions are shaped by environmental and biological factors, leading to diverse host impacts ranging from tissue damage to physiological impairments.
Artur Firmino +3 more
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A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin from northeastern Brazil: evidence from morphological data and DNA barcoding (Characiformes, Characidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 A new species of Hyphessobrycon is described for the upper Munim and Preguiças river basins, northeastern Brazil, supported by morphological and molecular species delimitation methods.
Erick Cristofore Guimarães +4 more
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Range extension of Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther,1864) to the Pindaré river drainage, of Mearim river basin, and Itapecuru river basin of northeastern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae) [PDF]
International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 2016 The present study reports range extansion of Moenkhausia oligolepis to the Pindaré river drainage, of the Mearim river basin, and Itapecuru river basin, Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil.
Erick Cristofore Guimarães +3 more
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Uncovering the Ancestry of B Chromosomes in Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Teleostei, Characidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 B chromosomes constitute a heterogeneous mixture of genomic parasites that are sometimes derived intraspecifically from the standard genome of the host species, but result from interspecific hybridization in other cases. The mode of origin determines the
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Geographic variation of Moenkhausia bonita (Characiformes: Characidae) in the rio de la Plata basin, with distributional comments on M. intermedia [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2019 Moenkhausia bonita occurs in numerous additional localities from the Bermejo, Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay river basins. Given that this finding greatly expands the distributional range of M.
James Anyelo Vanegas-Ríos +2 more
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Redescription of Moenkhausia melogramma (Characiformes: Characidae), a poorly known tetra from the western Amazon basin [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020 Moenkhausia melogramma is herein redescribed, based on the examination of the holotype plus additional specimens from the western Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. Moenkhausia melogramma shares with M. collettii, M. conspicua, M. copei,
Isabel M. Soares +3 more
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021 Moenkhausia is a highly specious genus among the Characidae, composed of 96 valid species. Only twelve species have a known karyotype. Thus, here are presented the first cytogenetic data of two allopatric populations of Moenkhausia bonita and one of M ...
Leandro Ranucci +4 more
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Caryologia, 2022 Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 is one of the more specious genera among Characidae family, composed by around 100 species. Three members of this genus were cytogenetically analyzed: M. dichroura Kner, 1858, M.
Kevin I. Sánchez
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