NEW REDDISH SPECIES OF MOENKHAUSIA EIGENMANN (CHARACIFORMES: CHARACIDAE) FROM THE UPPER RIO XINGU BASIN, BRAZIL

New reddish species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Xingu basin, Brazil

Abstract A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Culuene, rio Xingu basin, in Mato Grosso State is described Power Supplies here through genetic and morphological data.This new species differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: the presence of reddish color on the posterior portion of the body, as well as on the base o

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A sibling method for identifying vQTLs.

The propensity of a trait to vary within a population may have evolutionary, ecological, or clinical significance.In the present study we deploy sibling models to offer a novel and unbiased way to ascertain Boys Jackets loci associated with the extent to which phenotypes vary (variance-controlling quantitative trait loci, or vQTLs).Previous methods

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