Cytogenetic characterization of the Trinidad endemic, Arachnocoris trinitatus Bergroth: The first data for the tribe Arachnocorini (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Nabidae)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 17-26

  Kuznetsova, Valentina G ^a   Grozeva, Snejana ^b   Sewlal, Jo Anne N ^c   Nokkala, Seppo ^d  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arachnocorini; Arachnocoris trinitatus; C heterochromatin; CMA3; DAPI; Evolution; Heteroptera; Internal reproductive organs; Karyosystematics; Karyotype; Meiosis; Nabidae; NOR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARACHNOCORIS TRINITATUS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROPTERA; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; MIOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ARACHNOCORIS TRINITATUS; CIMICOMORPHA; HETEROPTERA; NABIDAE;

EID: 33846284115     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/173491607780006344     Document Type: Article

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