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Geographic and seasonal variations of the number of B chromosomes and external morphology in Psathyropus tenuipes (Arachnida: Opiliones).
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2004
Tsurusaki N, Shimada T
Abstract excerpt
Psathyropus tenuipes (= Metagagrella tenuipes) is a harvestman that harbors B chromosomes with extremely high frequency (individuals without Bs are only 1% of the total number of specimens so far examined) and high numbers (mean number of Bs per individual is about 4). Geographic variations of the number of Bs and external morphology of the species and the relationship between them were studied. A northward...
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