Karyotype analysis of three weevil species from the Genera Brachysomus (Boheman, 1845) and Strophosoma Billberg, 1820 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-29

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

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

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

Author keywords

Brachysomus; C bands; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Karyotype; Strophosoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; KARYOTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEEVILS;

BRACHYSOMUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; ENTIMINI; STROPHOSOMA;

EID: 38449109826     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/fb56_1-2.25-29     Document Type: Article

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