Detailed Record for Macropus giganteus

Common Name: Eastern grey kangaroo

Species (alternate): Macropus major

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Metatheria / Order Diprotodontia / Family Macropodidae / Genus Macropus

C-value (pg): 4.21

Chromosome Number (2n): 16

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Garagna, S. and D. Formenti (1981). DNA content variability in several species of Australian and South American marsupials. Bollettino di Zoologia 48: 255-261.

Other records available for this species:

Macropus giganteus = 3.91 (pg)

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