Mitotic and salivary gland chromosome analyses in the Musca domestica L. (house fly) (Diptera: Muscidae).
The mitotic chromosomes in Musca domestica consist of five pairs of autosomes and an X, Y sex chromosome pair. They respond to C-banding with procentric bands on all autosomes and deep staining over most of the X and Y chromosomes. Polytene chromosomes were previously found in several larval and pupal tissue of Musca domestica. Polytene chromosome reference maps of the two sexual and the five autosomal chromosomes of Musca domestica from salivary gland cells are shown. Characteristic features of each chromosome are described identifying areas that are difficult to analyse.
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Institut de Biocénotique Expérimentale des Agrosystèmes, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France.
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D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes; D006793:Houseflies / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008938:Mitosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000166:cytology