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Cytological preparations of Culiseta longiareolata were treated with restriction endonuclease AluI or actinomycin-D and then stained with acridine orange. The longitudinal differentiation obtained was related to previous cytological data found in this species and interpreted as a possible consequence of the presence of satellite DNA in specific chromosome areas.
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Mezzanotte, R., Ferrucci, L. The metaphase banding pattern produced in the chromosomes of Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) by AluI restriction endonuclease or actinomycin-D treatment followed by acridine-orange staining. Genetica 62, 47–50 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123309
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