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COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 221-226Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i2.6534
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Hymenoptera; Cynipidae; Belonocnema treatae; gall wasps; chromosomes; karyotype
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [15-04-07709]
- Faculty Research Enhancement grant from Texas State University
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Chromosomes of the asexual and sexual generation of the gall wasp Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881 (Cynipidae) were analyzed. Females of both generations have 2n = 20, whereas males of the sexual generation have n = 10. Cyclical deuterotoky is therefore confirmed in this species. All chromosomes are acrocentric and form a continuous gradation in size. This karyotype structure is probably ancestral for many gall wasps and perhaps for the family Cynipidae in general. Chromosome no. 7 carries a characteristic achromatic gap that appears to represent a nucleolus organizing region.
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