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The paper describes the karyotype of C. uliginosus Keyl, insufficiently studied up to now. Four C. uliginosus populations from the Netherlands and one population from Germany were investigated. Banding sequences of all seven chromosome arms in the C. uliginosus karyotype were analyzed. Inversion polymorphism was observed in arms A, B, C, D, E, and F. A total of 18 banding sequences were recorded. The sets and numbers of banding sequences varied between populations, causing their cytogenetic differentiation. The comparison of banding sequence sets and frequencies between the Netherlands and Russian populations of C. uliginosus was carried out, and considerable cytogenetic differences between these distant populations were discovered.
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Kiknadze, I.I., Istomina, A.G., Wülker, W.F. et al. The karyotype of Chironomus uliginosus Keyl (Diptera, Chironomidae). Russ J Genet Appl Res 1, 1–9 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059711010023
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