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The karyotypes of 47 Spanish acridold grasshoppers have been analyzed by means of C-banding in both mitotic and meiotic cells. The most frequent location of C-heterochromatin occurs in centromeric and telomeric regions whereas interstitial C-bands are very scarce. No clear relationship between similarities in C-banding patterns and taxonomic proximity has been found. Negatively heteropycnotic regions are described; their uniform location and distribution suggest that they could represent a functional chromosome structure as nucleolar organizers.
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Santos, J.L., Arana, P. & Giráldez, R. Chromosome C-banding patterns in Spanish Acridoidea. Genetica 61, 65–74 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563233
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