Different behaviour of C-banded peri-centromeric heterochromatin between sex chromosomes and autosomes in Polyphagan beetles

Heterochromatin variation was studied after C-banding of male karyotypes with a XY sex formula from 224 species belonging to most of the main families of Coleoptera. The karyotypes were classified in relation with the ratio heterochromatin/euchromatin total amounts and the amounts...

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Main Authors: Anne-Marie Dutrillaux, Bernard Dutrillaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-07-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:https://compcytogen.pensoft.net/article/34746/download/pdf/