Detailed Record for Apis mellifera

Common Name: Honey bee

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hymenoptera / Sub Order Apocrita / Family Apidae / Genus Apis

C-value (pg): 0.24

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Ardila-Garcia, A.M., G.J. Umphrey, and T.R. Gregory (2010). An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints. Insect Molecular Biology 19: 337–346.

Other records available for this species:

Apis mellifera = 0.17 (pg)
Apis mellifera = 0.19 (pg)
Apis mellifera = 0.19 (pg)
Apis mellifera = 0.27 (pg)
Apis mellifera = 0.35 (pg)

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