Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior; Universidade Federal do Paran?. Departamento de Gen?tica. Curitiba, PR, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Pampa. S?o Gabriel, RS, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Pampa. S?o Gabriel, RS, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil / Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laborat?rio Cultura de Tec...
The Atlantic forest possess 1,361 vertebrate species of which 567 are endemic. Rodentia and Didelphimorphia comprise 71% of the endemic mammals observed in this biome. In Brazil, these animals still lack basic information about their biology, distribution, and even total wealth. This study aimed to identify the species of marsupials and rodents present in Rio da Onça State Park and to characterize the morpholog...
Wild animals have been used as bioindicators in situations in which the environment was exposed to chemical agents. In general, chemical agents may induce chromosomal aberrations, such as breaks and gaps. The peccary, Tayassu tajacu is a pig relative that exhibits a very stable karyotype with the only described alterations being of the form of the X chromosome. Chromosomal gaps and breaks were observed at high ...