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The males of two species of Palestine,Saga ephippigera Fisch. andS. gracilipes Uvar have respectively 33 and 31 chromosomes in the diploid state.S. pedo Pallas, a parthenogenetic thelytoc species largely distributed in Europe, has 68 chromosomes and probably represents a tetraploid. The cells of the three species have identical dimensions and the polyploidS. pedo is even the smallest in size.
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Matthey, R. Démonstration du caractère géographique de la parthénogénèse deSaga pedo Pallas et de sa polyploïdie, par comparaison avec les espèces bisexuéesS. ephippigera Fisch. etS. gracilipes Uvar. Experientia 2, 260–261 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02156567
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