Male termite chromosomes (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Male termite chromosomes

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Chromosomes in the reproductive tissues of male Glyptotermes nakajimai, which have an unusually high number of Y chromosomes (15 out of 17)

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Tomonari Nozaki

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