Chromosome analysis of chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) – obligatory miners of freshwater sponges (Porifera)
Karyotypic characteristics of the chironomids Demeijerea rufipes (Linnaeus, 1761) and Xenochironomus sp., obligatory miners of freshwater sponges, are considered. The karyotype of Xenochironomus sp. is described for the first time. It is assumed that the ordered spatial organization of chromosomes...
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Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2009-08-01
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Series: | Comparative Cytogenetics |
Online Access: | http://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1672 |