Karyotypic characterization of three weevil species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Brachyderini)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Lachowska, Dorota ^a   Rozek, Maria ^a   Holecová, Milada ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

C bands; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; C BANDING; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEEVIL;

BRACHYDERES; BRACHYSOMUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; ENTIMINI;

EID: 33745310226     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/173491606777919139     Document Type: Article

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