Cytogenetics of the genus Dundocoris Hoberlandt (Heteroptera, Aradidae, Carventinae) where chromosome fusion played the dominant role in karyotype evolution

Caryologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-252

  Jacobs, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aradidae; Chromosome fusion; Cytogenetics; Holocentic chromosomes; Karyotype; Meiosis; Multiple sex chromosome system; Neo X1X2Y; Neo XY1Y2

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542277323     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2003.10589331     Document Type: Article

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