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The metaphase karyotypes of eight species of the montium species subgroup of Drosophila are described, of which the information pertaining to six species is new to the literature. Each of these species studied was distinctly different from the others with respect to the metaphase chromosomes, this remarkable degree of differentiation being mainly due to the extensive variability of the 4th and of the Y chromosomes.
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Shyamala, B.V., Ranganath, H.A. Metaphase karyotype differentiation in eight species of the montium subgroup of Drosophila . Genetica 79, 191–196 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121512
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