First karyotype data on the family Myerslopiidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadomorpha).
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SUBMITTER: Golub NV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4296716 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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