Affiliation:
1. EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN FAKÜLTESİ, BİYOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ, ZOOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI
Abstract
The karyological features of Akis subtricostata was determined for the first time with conventional and silver nitrate staining. The diploid number 2n=16 and meioformula 7+neoXY represents a deviation from the modal karyotype of Coleoptera. The pericentromeric heterochromatin was detected with both Giemsa and silver nitrate staining. In addition to determining a single possible NOR on prophase I nuclei, AgNO3 revealed that several telomeric regions of mitotic metaphase chromosomes were slightly more argyrophilic.
Publisher
Commagene Journal of Biology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Ecology,Biochemistry,Physiology,Microbiology
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