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Biochemistry and molecular biology • Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 96 (3) • Apr 2001 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762001000300016   copy

Brain cell karyotype of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia shannoni (Dyar) (Diptera: Psychodidae)

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The brain cell karyotype of New World sand fly Lutzomyia shannoni was described. This species has four pairs of chromosomes, 2N=8, with one pair of heteromorphic chromosomes.

Lutzomyia shannoni; brain cell karyotype; heteromorphic chromosome

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