C-banded males karyotypes. A Uloma retusa B Lucanus cervus C Disonycha latifrons D Melolontha hippocastani. The level of heterochromatin amplification is often similar in the X and autosomes (A, B, D). The amplification may also be scattered, as in C, but it rarely involves the Y chromosome.

 
 
  Part of: Dutrillaux A-M, Dutrillaux B (2019) Different behaviour of C-banded peri-centromeric heterochromatin between sex chromosomes and autosomes in Polyphagan beetles. Comparative Cytogenetics 13(2): 179-192. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i2.34746