Extreme degree of chromosome number variability in species of the spider genus Scytodes (Araneae, Haplogynae, Scytodidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Araujo, D ^a   Rheims, C A ^b   Brescovit, A D ^b   Cella, D M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araneomorphae; Constitutive heterochromatin; Karyotype; Meiosis; Sex chromosome system

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; KARYOTYPE; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; HAPLOGYNAE; SCYTODES; SCYTODIDAE;

EID: 42149106376     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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