title: Some aspects of chromosome cytology in the cestode Acanthotaenia multitesticulata.
abstract: The diploid chromosome number of the proteocephalid cestode Acanthotaenia multitesticulata is reported for the first time to be fourteen from mitotic as well as meiotic stages of gametogenesis. A chiasma frequency of 2.42 was found. Variation in chromosome numbers in cestodes with reference to this parasite is discussed from an evolutionary point of view.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000648:ultrastructure