Orthorrhapha


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Orthorrhapha

[or′thȯr·ə·fə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A suborder of the Diptera; in this group of flies, the adult escapes from the puparium through a T-shaped opening.
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The frequency of translocations in aedine chromosomal evolution appears elevated as in chironomids (aedines and chironomids belong to the suborder Orthorrhapha or lower diptera); in contrast, translocations in Drosophila (a member of the suborder Cyclorrhapha or higher diptera) have been rare (three translocations in 6400 structural changes in 300 species studied) (White 1978).
Chromosomal repatterning and linkage group conservation in mosquito karyotypic evolution

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