Cytogenetic comparison of Chironomidae-mosquito populations, Glyptotendipes glaucus (Meigen, 1818) (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) of northwest of Russia and Ukraine (Chernobyl zone)
Title: Cytogenetic comparison of Chironomidae-mosquito populations, Glyptotendipes glaucus (Meigen, 1818) (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) of northwest of Russia and Ukraine (Chernobyl zone)
Author: Petrova N. A., Zhirov S. V.
Reference: Ecological Genetics, Volume: 9 Number: 2 Year: 2011 Pages: 9-16
ISSN: 1811-0932
Keywords: Glyptotendipes glaucus , polytene chromosomes , inversion , functional change , water reservoirs of Russia , Chernobyl
Abstract: Functional properties of polytene chromosomes and chromosomal rearrangements in the salivary glands of 177 larvae Glyptotendipes glaucus (Diptera, Chironomidae), were being analyzed from the water reservoirs of Russia and Ukraine (Chernobyl). Resemblance of studied populations on the spectrum of chromosomal rearrangements were found.The common types of inversions in the shoulders of A, B, D and E were identified. The effect of Chernobyl contamination on functional changes in the nucleolus, Balbiani rings, puffs, morphology of the disks and interdisks was found.