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Developmental puffing activity in the salivary gland and Malpighian tubule chromosomes ofAcricotopus lucidus (Diptera, Chironomidae)

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A detailed map of the salivary gland chromosomes ofAcricotopus lucidus is presented. Differences in puffing and developmental Puffing sequences of the three salivary gland lobes were investigated from mid fourth larval instar to pupation and compared with the puffing pattern of the Malpighian tubules. The intraglandular differentiation is quite extensive; the differences in the pattern of gene activity between the anterior lobe and the main and side lobes are as great as between the salivary gland and the Malpighian tubules. In the main and side lobes all developmental puffing changes proceed synchronously whereas in the anterior lobe both asynchronous and synchronous changes occur. In the anterior lobe the asynchronous regression of BR 3 and BR 4 is followed by a characteristic sequence of activation and inactivation of puffs.

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Staiber, W., Behnke, E. Developmental puffing activity in the salivary gland and Malpighian tubule chromosomes ofAcricotopus lucidus (Diptera, Chironomidae). Chromosoma 93, 1–16 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01259439

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