Some aspects of chromosome cytology in the cestode Acanthotaenia multitesticulata.
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.
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