Karyotype characterization of Eurysternus caribaeus: The smallest diploid number among Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Micron

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-325

  Cabral de Mello, Diogo Cavalcanti ^a   Silva, Fernando Augusto Barbosa ^a   de Moura, Rita de Cássia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beetle; Chromosome evolution; Chromosome fusion; Karyotype; Neotropical scarabaeid

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY;

BEETLE; CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME FUSION; KARYOTYPE; NEOTROPICAL SCARABAEID;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOMES; DIPLOIDY; KARYOTYPING; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 33845891865     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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