Cytogenetic characteristics of Chironomus bernensis klotzli (Diptera: Chironomidae) from a heavy metal polluted station in Northern Italy

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Petrova, Ninel ^a   Michailova, Paraskeva ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chironomus bernensis; Functional alterations; Heavy metals; Polytene chromosomes; Structural rearrangements

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMUS BERNENSIS;

EID: 0036376383     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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