Detailed Record for Geomys bursarius major

Common Name: Eastern pocket gopher

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Rodentia / Family Geomyidae / Genus Geomys

C-value (pg): 3.67

Chromosome Number (2n): 72

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Spleen

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Bradley, R.D., S.K. Davis, S.F. Lockwood, J.W. Bickham, and R.J. Baker (1991). Hybrid breakdown and cellular-DNA content in a contact zone between two species of pocket gophers (Geomys). Journal of Mammalogy 72: 697-705.

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