Cytogenetic studies ofChironomus circumdatusfrom India (Diptera: Chironomidae)

✍ Scribed by A. Kumar; J. P. Gupta

• Book ID: 104624696
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 518 KB
• Volume: 82
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-6707
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00056358

✦ Synopsis

Chironomus circumdatus is one of the most common and wide-spread species in India. Cytogenetic studies pertaining to the mitotic and polytene chromosomes, nucleolar organizer regions, C-banding and naturally occurring chromosomal polymorphism have been carried out for the first time in this Indian species. Altogether seven inversions comprising six paracentric and one pericentric are detected in the Indian populations. The distribution of inversions in relation to different environmental conditions is discussed.