Chromosomes of Letana nigrosparsa walker (orthoptera: tettigoniidae) with a note on the unique behaviour of the sex chromosome in the spermatogonial cells

Cytologia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Aswathanarayana, N V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0010761072     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.61.113     Document Type: Article

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