Science. 1986 Mar 14;231(4743):1278. doi: 10.1126/science.231.4743.1278.
A new sibling species of the primitive Australian ant Myrmecia pilosula has a chromosome number of n = 1. C-banding techniques confirm that the two chromosomes of workers are homologous. Males are haploid, as in other Hymenoptera, and their somatic cells contain only a single chromosome. This new species is potentially of great importance in both laboratory and field studies on gene organization.
一种原始的澳大利亚蚂蚁 Myrmecia pilosula 的新姊妹种具有 n = 1 的染色体数。C-带技术证实工蚁的两条染色体是同源的。与其他膜翅目昆虫一样，雄性是单倍体，其体细胞仅含有一条染色体。这种新物种在基因组织的实验室和野外研究中具有重要的潜在意义。
