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Cytotaxonomy of Simulium siamense Takaoka and Suzuki (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand.
Genome - 1 Dec 2008
Kuvangkadilok Chaliow, Lualon Unchulee, Baimai Visut
Abstract excerpt
Larval polytene chromosomes of 1824 individuals of Simulium siamense Takaoka and Suzuki from 32 locations in northern, northeastern, eastern, and central Thailand were examined. Differences in sex chromosomes, fixed inversions, and the kind and frequency of floating inversions revealed five cytoforms (A, B, C, D, and E). In contrast to most Simulium species, females of S. siamense are the heterogametic sex (ZW)...
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