Dinoponera lucida Emery (Formicidae: Ponerinae): The highest number of chromosomes known in Hymenoptera

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 182-185

  Mariano, C S F ^a,b   Delabie, J H C ^b   Ramos, L S ^b,c   Lacau, S ^b,d   Pompolo, S G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DINOPONERA LUCIDA; EMBRYO; HYMENOPTERA; KARYOTYPE; LARVA; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOPONERA; DINOPONERA LUCIDA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PONERINAE;

EID: 2442681479     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0514-z     Document Type: Article

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