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Published on: October 20, 2019
Diversity of Dilepididae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) revealed by cytogenetic analysis
R Petkeviciūte1, R Binkiene, J Komisarovas
1Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Akademijos 2, LT-08412, Vilnius 21, Lithuania. romualda@ekoi.lt
Abstract:
Karyotypes of three dilepidid species: Molluscotaenia crassiscolex, Anomotaenia bacilligera and Dilepis undula, which have not been recorded previously, were studied using conventional Giemsa staining and comparative karyometric analysis. Twelve small biarmed chromosomes were observed in mitotic cells of M. crassiscolex, 16 biarmed chromosomes of gradually decreasing size were found in cells of A. bacilligera, while 18 elements were characteristic for D. undula. These data, together with information available in literature, prove the heterogeneity and possible polyphyletic nature of the family Dilepididae.
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