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Karyotypic characterization of Apatemon gracilis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

R. Petkevičiūtė  and
G. Stanevičiūtė
R. Petkevičiūtė
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Akademijos 2, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania
G. Stanevičiūtė
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Akademijos 2, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania
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Abstract

The cytotaxonomical characteristics of parthenitae of Apatemon gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Szidat, 1928 were studied using karyometric analysis to extend our knowledge of chromosome morphology and karyosystematics among trematodes. The karyotype, reported here for the first time, consists of ten pairs (2n = 20) of chromosomes divided into two size groups: five pairs of comparatively large and five pairs of small chromosomes. Biarmed chromosomes prevail in the chromosome set. According to centromere index values, chromosome 1 is submetacentric to metacentric, 2 is subtelocentric, 3 and 5 are acrocentric, 4, 9 and 10 are metacentric, 6 is submetacentric and 7 and 8 are submeta-subtelocentric. The small uniarmed B-chromosome was found in the chromosome set of parthenitae of A. gracilis from one snail. Data are discussed with reference to the karyotypes previously described within the Strigeidae.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 73 - 77
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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