Karyotypic analysis, constitutive heterochromatin and NOR distribution in five grasshopper species of the subfamily Leptysminae (Acrididae)

Caryologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-116

  De França Rocha, Marília ^a   Souza, Maria José De ^a   Moura, Rita De Cássia De ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Fluo rochromes; Insects cytogenetics; Meiosis; Neotropical grasshoppers

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; CORNOPS AQUATICUM; HEXAPODA; LEPTYSMINAE; STENACRIS;

EID: 32444435963     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2004.10589378     Document Type: Article

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