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Karyological observations on Turbellaria Proseriata: karyometric analysis ofMonocelis fusca, M. lineata (Monocelididae) andParotoplana macrostyla (Otoplanidae)
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 38, pages 171–178 (1984)
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A karyometric analysis of the chromosome set of the marine turbellariansMonocelis fusca, M. lineata andParotoplana macrostyla has been carried out. The karyotype of the twoMonocelis species investigated (2n=6) is formed by three pairs of small and similarly sized chromosomes: InM. fusca, chromosome 1 is metacentric, chromosome 2 acrocentric and chromosome 3 is subtelocentric.M. lineata also presents one pair of metacentric chromosomes (chromosome 2), while chromosomes 1 and 3 are submetacentric.P. macrostyla (2n=12) reveals two pairs of large metacentric and four pairs of small chromosomes, three of which are metacentric, whereas the last is subtelocentric.
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Curini-Galletti, M., Galleni, L. & Puccinelli, I. Karyological observations on Turbellaria Proseriata: karyometric analysis ofMonocelis fusca, M. lineata (Monocelididae) andParotoplana macrostyla (Otoplanidae). Helgolander Meeresunters 38, 171–178 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01999963
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