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SUBMITTER: Cristiano MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746797 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Cristiano Maykon Passos MP Pereira Tássia Tatiane Pontes TTP Simões Laysa Peneda LP Sandoval-Gómez Vivian Eliana VE Cardoso Danon Clemes DC
Insects 20171023 4
Here we use karyomorphometrical analysis to characterize and evaluate the karyotype of the turtle ant <i>Cephalotes pusillus</i> (Klug, 1824). This is the first representative of this diverse ant genus to be cytogenetically studied. They bear a diploid chromosome set of 44 chromosomes, which, according to the centromeric index, are metacentric, submetacentric, and subtelocentric. This small ant is quite widely distributed in the Neotropics and seems to be well adapted to living in disturbed area ...[more]