Cytogenetic characterization of two partamona species (Hymenoptera, Apinae, Meliponini) by fluorochrome staining and localization of 18S rDNA Clusters by FISH

Cytologia

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-380

  Brito, Rute Magalhães ^a   Pompolo, Silvia Das Graças ^b   Martins Magalhães, Marta Fonseca ^b   De Barros, Everaldo Gonçalves ^b   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza Tieme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; B chromosomes; Meliponini; Partamona

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; PARTAMONA; PARTAMONA HELLERI;

EID: 32944456370     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.70.373     Document Type: Article

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