Main trends of karyotype evolution in the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

By

Gokhman, V. E. (Vladimir Evseevich)
Gumovsky, Alex V

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

Comparative cytogenetics : international journal of plant & animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics and molecular systematics

Volume

3

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

63-69

Subjects

Chalcidoidea , Chromosomes , Hymenoptera , Karyotypes , parasitic wasps

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

St. Petersburg, Russia [Published] with technical support of Zoological Institute RAS [2007]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v3i1.1

 

Abstract

An overview of karyotype evolution in the superfamily Chalcidoidea is given. Structural types of chromosome sets in the superfamily are listed. Main pathways of karyotypic change in the Chalcidoidea are outlined. The chromosome set containing eleven subtelo- or acrocentrics is considered as an ancestral karyotype for the superfamily. Multiple independent reductions in n values through chromosomal fusions presumably occurred in various groups of chalcid families.