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Oreochromis leucostictus

Chordata › Actinopterygii › Perciformes › Cichlidae

22haploid

Diploid number in the source: 44

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Other species in Oreochromis.

Sources

  1. Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew (1986). Relative DNA content of somatic nuclei and chromosomal studies in three genera, Tilapia, Saerodon, and Oreochromis of the tribe Tilapiini (Pisces, Cichlidae). Genetica 68: 175-188
  2. Ashman, T. L., Bachtrog, D., Blackmon, H., Goldberg, E. E., Hahn, M. W., Kirkpatrick, M., et al. (2014). Tree of Sex: A database of sexual systems. Scientific Data, 1, 140015.
  3. Arai, R. (2011). Fish karyotypes: a check list. Springer Science & Business Media.
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