Figure 5.

Distribution of chromosome numbers across hexapods. Diploid chromosome numbers are reported. Boxes represent the range of 25th to 75th percentile. Outliers are plotted as individual points. The color of the order names indicates whether chromosomes are holocentric (red), monocentric (blue), or unknown (gray). The number of species for which data is available and the size of each order is indicated in parentheses. The insert shows diploid chromosome numbers for holocentric versus monocentric species (Melters et al. 2012), where boxes represent the range of 25th to 75th percentile, and individual points the outliers.