Detailed Record for Chlorocebus pygerythrus

Common Name: Vervet

Species (alternate): Cercopithecus pygerythrus

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Primates / Family Cercopithecidae / Genus Chlorocebus

C-value (pg): 4.19

Chromosome Number (2n): 60

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Formenti, D. (1975). Nuclear DNA content in some species of the genus Cercopithecus (Primates: Cercopithecidae). Genetica 45: 307-313.

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