Detailed Record for Pan troglodytes

Common Name: Chimpanzee

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

C-value (pg): 3.63

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Formenti, D., S. Garagna, G.F. De Stefano, and C. Pellicciari (1983). Variazioni del contenuto nucleare in DNA negli Hominoidea. Antropologia Contemporanea 6: 219-224.

Pellicciari, C., D. Formenti, M. Zuccotti, R. Stanyon, and M.G. Manfredi Romanini (1988). Genome size and constitutive heterochromatin in Hylobates muelleri and Symphalangus syndactylus and in their viable hybrid. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 47: 1-4.

Other records available for this species:

Pan troglodytes = 3.46 (pg)
Pan troglodytes = 3.76 (pg)
Pan troglodytes = 3.85 (pg)

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