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A comparison of the polytene chromosomes of Parasarcophaga argyrostoma, P. ruficornis, P. misera and P. knabi, is presented. There is close resemblance in the banding patterns of the four species. Two independent paracentric inversions in chromosome arm IIR, a small paracentric inversion in chromosome arm IIIR and a pericentric inversion in chromosome V were found to be fixed as interspecific differences.
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Kaul, D., Tewari, R.R. Interspecific comparisons of polytene chromosomes in the genus Parasarcophaga (Sarcophagidae: Diptera). Genetica 62, 129–138 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116634