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Polyploidy and polyteny induced by a hymenopteran parasite in Dasyneura urticae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

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Larvae of Dasyneura urticae parasitized by an unidentified species of the Platygasteridae were found to contain giant polyploid nuclei of a polytene type. Comparison of polytene chromosomes of the giant nuclei with those of salivary-gland nuclei of D. urticae has shown that the giant nuclei are derived from the host nuclei, polyploidy and polyteny of these nuclei being, therefore, induced by the parasite.

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  1. Department of Cytology, University of Warsaw, Poland

    Bohdan Matuszewski

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Matuszewski, B. Polyploidy and polyteny induced by a hymenopteran parasite in Dasyneura urticae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). Chromosoma 15, 31–35 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326913

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