Cytogenetics of the true bug infraorder cimicomorpha (hemiptera, heteroptera): A review

ZooKeys

Volumn 154, Issue , 2011, Pages 31-70

  Kuznetsova, Valentina G ^a   Grozeva, Snejana M ^b   Nokkala, Seppo ^c   Nokkala, Christina ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

B chromosomes; Chromosome number; Cimicomorpha; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Holokinetic chromosomes; M chromosomes; Meiosis; NOR; Sex chromosomes; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CIMICOMORPHA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 84856445679     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.154.1953     Document Type: Review

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