A chromosomal investigation of four species of Chinese Panorpidae (Insecta, Mecoptera)

The male adults of four species of the Chinese Panorpidae in Mecoptera were cytogenetically studied using conventional squashing procedures. The results show that their sex-chromosome system belongs to the XO type, with n = 19 + X(O) in Panorpa emarginata Cheng, 1949 and Panorpa dubia Chou &...

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Main Authors: Bo Xu, Yankai Li, Baozhen Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1795