Open AccessIDENTIFICATION OF THE THREE SIBLING SPECIES OF ANOPHELES FARAUTI LAVERAN BY THE BANDING PATTERN OF THEIR POLYTENE CHROMOSOMES
Author(s) -
Mahon R. J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1983.tb01835.x
Subject(s) - polytene chromosome , biology , sibling species , larva , evolutionary biology , identification (biology) , sibling , drosophila (subgenus) , zoology , genetics , ecology , drosophila melanogaster , anthropology , gene , sociology
A photographic map of the polytene chromosomes of Anopheles farauti No. 1 larvae has been prepared. Using this map to locate specific paracentric inversions, larvae of all 3 currently recognised sibling species may be reliably identified.