Chromosome complement and meiosis in three species of the Neotropical bug genus Antiteuchus ( Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Discocephalinae )
Genet. mol. biol
; Genet. mol. biol;29(1): 49-55, 2006. ilus, tab
Article
em En
| LILACS
| ID: lil-424735
Biblioteca responsável:
BR26.1
RESUMO
Orcein staining of spermatocytes was used to study the meiotic behavior of holocentric chromosomes in three member of the genus Antiteuchus (commonly known as stink bugs). We describe and illustrate the karyotype of Antiteuchus mixtus, A. sepulcralis and A. macraspis which were cytogenetically characterized as having a diploid number of 2n = 14 and an XY sex chromosome system showing pre-reductional meiosis for autosomes and post-reductional meiosis for sex chromosomes. These species were also shown to have a long diffuse stage during meiotic prophase I and aberrant harlequin-type meiocytes. The chiasma frequency was also analyzed for two of the three species studied.
Texto completo:
1
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Espermatogênese
/
Heterópteros
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genet. mol. biol
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil