Detailed Record for Microtus pennsylvanicus

Common Name: Meadow vole

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

C-value (pg): 2.63

Chromosome Number (2n): 46

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Microtus agrestis = 3.40pg

References:
Schmid, W. and M.F. Leppert (1968). Karyotyp, Heterochromatin und DNS-Werte bei 13 Arten von Wühlmäusen (Microtinae, Mammalia-Rodentia). Archiv der Julius Klaus - Stiftung für Verebungsforschung 43: 88-91.

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