Karyology and sex determination of oribatid mites

Acarologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 127-131

  Heethoff, M ^a   Bergmann, P ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Archegozetes; Chromosomes; Holokinetic; Inverted meiosis; Karyotype; Longisetosus; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARCHEGOZETES; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; BRASILOBATES; GALUMNA; GALUMNIDAE; HAPLOZETIDAE; ORIBATIDA; SCHELORIBATIDAE; TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE;

EID: 34248522791     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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