Karyotypic description of four species of Trigona (Jurine, 1807) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) from the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-190

  Costa, Kleber França ^b   Brito, Rute Magalhães ^a   Miyazawa, Carlos Suetoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Karyotype; Meliponini; Stingless bees; Trigona

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STINGLESS BEE; TRIGONA;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA; TRIGONA RECURSA;

EID: 30544452615     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMSP.2004.1436524     Document Type: Article

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