“…Variations in the NTS of the 5S rDNA owing to insertions/deletions, minirepeats and pseudogenes have been useful for evolutionary studies and served as species-or population-specific markers for various organisms, including plants (Solanum tuberosum and Solanum pinnatisectum) (Zanke et al, 1995), mammals (Mus musculus domesticus and Mus musculus musculus) (Suzuki et al, 1994) and fish (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo salar, Salmo truta, Brama raii, Solea solea, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla rostrata and Oreochromis niloticus) (Pendás et al, 1995, Nieddu et al, 1998, Céspedes et al, 1999, Carrera et al, 2000Martins et al, 2002). Variations in the 5S rDNA non-transcribed spacer have also been detected in some Neotropical fish such as Leporinus (Martins and Galetti, 2001a) and Brycon (Wasko et al, 2001) species.…”