METAPHASE CHROMOSOMES OF CULICOIDES-VARIIPENNIS (DIPTERA, CERATOPOGONIDAE)

Authors
NUNAMAKER RA BROWN SE KNUDSON DL
Citation
Ra. Nunamaker et al., METAPHASE CHROMOSOMES OF CULICOIDES-VARIIPENNIS (DIPTERA, CERATOPOGONIDAE), Journal of medical entomology, 33(5), 1996, pp. 871-873
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
871 - 873
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1996)33:5<871:MCOC(C>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The cytogenetics of Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett) tissue derived from a continuous cell line is presented. The karyotype consisted of 68.5% diploid (2n = 6), 30% tetraploid (4n = 12), and 1.5% octaploid ( 8n = 24) for the metaphase spreads examined. Distinguishing cytologica l features were not seen, and the 3 pairs of homomorphic chromosomes w ere not distinguished from each other.