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Review Article

Molecular and Chromosomal Markers for Evolutionary Considerations in Torpediniformes (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea)

Table 1

Karyological parameters for Torpediniformes species studied so far.
Species2 FNm/smt/stReferences
Narcine brasiliensis2856280Donahue [21]
Narke japonica54822826 Ida et al. [22]
Torpedo torpedo66781254Stingo [23]
Torpedo nobiliana66781254 Rocco (this work)
Torpedo californica8286478Ida et al. [22]
Torpedo marmorata8686086Stingo [23]
Torpedo tokionis8686086Asahida and Ida [24]
2n: chromosome diploid number; FN: fundamental number; m/sm: metacentric and/or submetacentric chromosome number; t/st: telocentric and/or subtelocentric chromosome number.