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XO type of sex mechanism in earwigs (Dermaptera)

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The diploid chromosome complement inAllodahlia macropyga (Westwood) is 14+XO-Π and 14+XX-Φ This is the first record in Dermaptera, of a XO male-determining mechanism.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

    O. P. Mittal & V. Sawhney

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The authors express their sincere thanks to Prof. G. P. Sharma, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for providing research facililies.

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Mittal, O.P., Sawhney, V. XO type of sex mechanism in earwigs (Dermaptera). Experientia 33, 1303–1304 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920146

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