Evolution of diploid chromosome number, sex-determining systems, and heterochromatin in Western Mediterranean and Canarian species of the genus Pimelia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Pons, J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome evolution; Heterochromatin; Pimelia; Satellite DNA; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MYA; PIMELIA; PIMELIA ELEVATA; PIMELIA INTERJECTA; PIMELIA SPARSA; PIMELIA SPARSA SPARSA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 1542648390     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2003.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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