Cytogenetic and protein quantification in polyploid somatic tissue of Myrmeleon uniformis (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)
Myrmeleon unifomis Malpighian tubules cells were analyzed under two aspects: chromatin structure and total protein quantification in the three larval phases (L1, L2 and L3) and in adults. This insect Malpighian tubules present polyploid tissue resultant from endoreduplication, which probably begins in the first larval phases.