Chironomid Midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) Show Extremely Small Genome Sizes

Zoological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 248-254

  Cornette, Richard ^a   Gusev, Oleg ^b   Nakahara, Yuichi ^a   Shimura, Sachiko ^a   Kikawada, Takahiro ^a,b   Okuda, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

C value; chironomids; ecological adaptation; genome size; insects

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CHIRONOMIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; INSECT GENOME; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, INSECT; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84929895368     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zs140166     Document Type: Article

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