Malpighian tubule polytene chromosomes of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera, Culicinae)

Dipteran polytene chromosomes provide an excellent model for understanding in species complexes, as well as for structural and functional cytogenetics. The status of species in the Culex pipiens complex is controversial and the use of polytene chromosomes for cytogenetic analysis in the subfamily Cu...

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Main Authors: Jairo Campos, Carlos Fernando S Andrade, Shirlei M Recco-Pimentel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-04-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000300016