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Metaphase chromosomes of Culicoides variipennis Diptera:Ceratopogonidae)
R A Nunamaker1, S E Brown, D L Knudson
1Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
Journal of Medical Entomology
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
The cytogenetics of Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett) tissue derived from a continuous cell line is presented. The karyotype consisted of 68.5% diploid (2n = 6), 30% tetraploid (4n = 12), and 1.5% octaploid (8n = 24) for the metaphase spreads examined. Distinguishing cytological features were not seen, and the 3 pairs of homomorphic chromosomes were not distinguished from each other.