Table 1.

Comparison of the relative lengths of chromosomes of Lucilia cluvia and Lucilia sericata in % of the haploid set (mean ± SE).

Chromosome pair	TL †	Short arm (p)	Long arm (q)	AI (classification) ‡
Lucilia cluvia
1	23.24 ± 1.95	10.11 ± 0.67	12.48 ± 0.91	0.81 ± 0.05 (M)
2	18.63 ± 1.10	7.97 ± 0.66	9.22 ± 0.69	0.87 ± 0.09 (M)
3	18.35 ± 0.55	5.93 ± 0.53	10.93 ± 0.38	0.54 ± 0.06 (SM)
4	17.43 ± 2.07	6.16 ± 0.50	10.28 ± 1.91	0.62 ± 0.14 (M)
5	16.51 ± 0.44	7.36 ± 0.24	8.47 ± 0.28	0.87 ± 0.05 (M)
X	5.84 ± 0.86	1.26 ± 0.21	3.82 ± 0.74	0.35 ± 0.12 (ST)
Y	4.77 ± 0.28	1.07 ± 0.18	3.46 ± 0.26	0.31 ± 0.07 (ST)
Lucilia sericata
1	19.44 ± 0.24	8.71 ± 0.29	9.59 ± 0.40	0.91 ± 0.07 (M)
2	17.55 ± 0.89	7.18 ± 1.04	9.13 ± 0.82	0.80 ± 0.19 (M)
3	15.18 ± 0.34	4.82 ± 0.78	8.80 ± 0.49	0.55 ± 0.12 (SM)
4	14.77 ± 0.32	5.34 ± 0.60	8.60 ± 0.48	0.58 ± 0.09 (M)
5	11.95 ± 0.40	5.67 ± 0.28	6.64 ± 0.37	0.78 ± 0.09 (M)
X	19.97 ± 1.35	8.75 ± 0.31	10.77 ± 0.97	0.82 ± 0.05 (M)
Y	13.70 ± 2.20	4.75 ± 1.39	8.15 ± 0.50	0.58 ± 0.14 (SM)

^†TL = total length.

^‡AI = arm index; M = metacentric; SM = submetacentric; ST = subtelocentric.