
%0 Journal Article
%A Thomson, JA 
%A Grace, TDC 
%T Cytological Observations on Cell Strains Established in Culture From Insect Ovarian Tissue
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1963/12/01
%V 16
%N 4
%P 869-876
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9630869
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9630869 
%X Cytological and cytochemical observations made on cell strains from ovarian tissue of the saturniid moth Antheraea eucalypti Scott about 120 generations subsequent to their establishment in culture show that a high proportion of the cells are polyploid. Direct chromosome counts indicate that the nuclei range from diploid to at least approximately 128-ploid. The cells of the four strains at present in culture are of three morphologically distinct types differing in the frequency with which they show certain levels of ploidy. 
