The karyotype of the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, a model organism in studies of sexual selection.

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Published in J Insect Sci on January 01, 2010

Authors

Sonja H Sbilordo1, Oliver Y Martin, Paul I Ward

Author Affiliations

1: Zoology Museum, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. sonja.sbilordo@env.ethz.ch

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