Journal of Helminthology

Table of Contents - 1990 - Volume 64, Issue 02  

Research Article

Chromosome C-banding techniques in Dictyocaulus filaria (Rudolphi, 1809) Railliet and Henry, 1907

C. Cutillasa1, C. Arizaa1, D. C. Guevaraa1 and L. Campanoa1

a1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sevilla University, Sor Gregoria de Sta. Teresa, 41012 Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

C-banding has been performed on Dictyocaulus filaria using both original and modified techniques. The karyotype is reported based on C band observations. The existence of large heterochromatic blocks appears to be the cause of the low chiasmata frequency.

(Accepted November 22 1989)

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