Chromosomes of two podagrion species (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) and the evolution of high chromosome numbers in Chalcidoidea

Karyotypes of two species of Podagrion are studied for the first time. Chromosome numbers with n = 10 found in this species are the highest records for the family Torymidae. This unique karyotypes are supposed to be derived by centric fission from the ancestral karyotype of the family with n = 6. Th...

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Main Author: Lucian Fusu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași 2008-08-01
Series:Analele Ştiinţifice Ale Universităţii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași,Sectiunea II A : Genetica si Biologie Moleculara
Online Access:http://www.gbm.bio.uaic.ro/index.php/gbm/article/view/696

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