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Population cytology of the genus Phaulacridium

I. Phaulacridium vittatum (Sjöst): Australian mainland populations

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Samples were taken from twenty three Australian mainland populations of the shorthorned grasshopper, Phaulacridium vittatum. Five of these populations were found to be polymorphic for B-chromosomes. The anaphase I segregation of the B-chromosome appeared to be random with respect to the X (contra Jackson and Cheung, 1967). The B-chromosomes did not appear to influence chiasma frequency in the population in which they were found.

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  1. Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Melbourne

    Heather J. Rowe & M. Westerman

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Rowe, H.J., Westerman, M. Population cytology of the genus Phaulacridium . Chromosoma 46, 197–205 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332517

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