ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SPONTANEOUS INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION
IN THE NATURE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF SIBLING-SPECIES
CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS KIEFFER AND CHIRONOMUS PIGER STRENZKE
(DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM ARMENIA
N.A. Petrova,1 S.V. Zhirov,1 K. Harutyunova,2 M. Harutyunova 2
1 Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, and 2 Institute of Molecular Biology, NAS of Armenia, Erevan;
1 e-mail: ñhironom@zin.ru,
2 harutyunovamaria@yahoo.com
F2 hybrid (Chironomus riparius × Chironomus piger) × C. piger was found in mixed community of C. riparius
and C. piger. Mechanism of its origin and problem of hybrid viability is considered.
Key words: Chironomidae, Chironomus riparius, Chironomus piger, second generation hybrid
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