Main trends of karyotype evolution in the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

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An overview of karyotype evolution in the superfamily Chalcidoidea is given. Structural types of chromosome sets in the superfamily are listed. Main pathways of karyotypic change in the Chalcidoidea are outlined. The chromosome set containing eleven subtelo- or acrocentrics is considered as an ancestral karyotype for the superfamily. Multiple independent reductions in n values through chromosomal fusions presumably occurred in various groups of chalcid families.

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Title: Comparative Cytogenetics

Abbreviated Title: CCG

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Electronic): 1993-078X

ISSN (Print): 1993-0771

Publication date Created: August 06 2009

Publication date (Electronic): August 06 2009

Volume: 3

Issue: 1

Pages: 63-69

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DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v3i1.1

SO-VID: ff90077b-1c42-4c01-9e5b-80609d6b4f50

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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