Inherited and somatic cytogenetic variability in palearctic populations of Chironomus riparius Meigen 1804 (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Genome

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 332-344

  Sella, Gabriella ^a   Bovero, Stefano ^a   Ginepro, Marco ^a   Michailova, Paraskeva ^b   Petrova, Ninel ^c   Robotti, Carlo Alberto ^a   Zelano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chironomus thummi; Heavy metal pollution; Inversion polymorphism; Polytene chromosomes; Somatic aberrations

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 2542427906     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-128     Document Type: Article

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