Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi

The African chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki Hinton, 1951 is the only chironomid able to withstand almost complete desiccation in an ametabolic state known as anhydrobiosis. The karyotypes of two allopatric populations of this anhydrobiotic chironomid, one from Nigeria and another from Malawi, we...

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Main Authors: Ninel A. Petrova, Richard Cornette, Sachiko Shimura, Oleg A. Gusev, Dylo Pemba, Takahiro Kikawada, Sergey Y. Zhirov, Takashi Okuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-05-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=5249