Advance in chromosomal evolution in sea cradles

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

A chromosomal study performed in a common Mediterranean chiton (sea cradle) provides information, relevant to systematic relationships of the species; furthermore the comparison of its karyotype with ones in literature allows the authors to put forward a hypothesis on chromosome evolution of this group of mollusks. The study was published in the open access journal Comparative Cytogenetics.

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