Conventional Cytogenetic Approaches—Useful and Indispensable Tools in Discovering Fish Biodiversity

0498899 - ÚŽFG 2019 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
de Bello Cioffi, M. - Moreira-Filho, O. - Ráb, Petr - Sember, Alexandr - Molina, W. F. - Bertollo, L.A.C.
Conventional Cytogenetic Approaches—Useful and Indispensable Tools in Discovering Fish Biodiversity.
Current Genetic Medicine Reports. Roč. 6, č. 4 (2018), s. 176-186. E-ISSN 2167-4876
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF15_003/0000460
Institutional support: RVO:67985904
Keywords : fish * conventional cytogenetics * polymorphism
OECD category: Genetics and heredity (medical genetics to be 3)

Fishes exhibit the greatest biodiversity among extant vertebrates. In fact, about 34,000 fish species are currently estimated, of which ~ 25% are living in Neotropical freshwaters. Currently, several leading-edge studies using molecular biology procedures have largely contributed to the investigation of the fish genomic architecture at the chromosomal level. In this review, we intend to demonstrate that conventional cytogenetics is also a powerful procedure to identify and clarify both individual and inter- or intrapopulational fish characteristics and to unveil their biodiversity.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0291184