Detailed Record for Pongo pygmaeus

Common Name: Orangutan

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

C-value (pg): 4.10

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Manfredi Romanini, M.G. (1972). Nuclear DNA content and area of primate lymphocytes as a cytotaxonomical tool. Journal of Human Evolution 1: 23-40.

Other records available for this species:

Pongo pygmaeus = 3.60 (pg)
Pongo pygmaeus = 3.66 (pg)

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