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Genet. mol. biol
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29(4): 656-658, 2006. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-450488
ABSTRACT
We used conventional chromosomal staining to describe the karyotype of the critically endangered Lear's macaw, Anodorhynchus leari Bonaparte 1856. A diploid number of 2n = 70 and a karyotype similar to that of its congener Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus suggests that chromosomal rearrangements were not the main evolutionary mechanism in the genus.