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Virkki, N., & Sepúlveda, J. M. (1990). Chromosomes of the Puerto Rican "vaquita," Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Curculionidae: Otiorrhynchinae: Phyllobiini). The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 74(2), 121–132. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v74i2.6544
Abstract
Diaprepes abbreviatus has typical chromosomes of the bisexual weevils of the subfamily Otiorrhynchinae: 2n = 22; 2X (♀) ; 2n = 22; X, y (â™,), the male meioformula being 10 + Xyp. The autosomes form an evenly-diminishing series of near-mediocentrics. Some speculations are presented regarding how a meiotic drive, suitable for control purposes, might be established in such a trivial karyotype.
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