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The diploid chromosome number of the proteocephalid cestodeAcanthotaenia multitesticulata is reported for the first time to be fourteen from mitotic as well as meiotic stages of gametogenesis. A chiasma frequency of 2.42 was found. Variation in chromosome numbers in cestodes with reference to this parasite is discussed from an evolutionary point of view.
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Vijayaraghavan, S., Subramanyam, S. Some aspects of chromosome cytology in the cestodeAcanthotaenia multitesticulata . Z. Parasitenkd. 63, 65–70 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927727
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