Chromosome number evolution in skippers (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), as many other groups of animals and plants, simultaneously represent preservation of ancestral karyotype in the majority of families with a high degree of chromosome number instability in numerous independently evolved phylogenetic lineages. However, the pattern...

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Main Author: Vladimir Lukhtanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-11-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4239