Detailed Record for Periplaneta americana

Common Name: American cockroach

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Polyneoptera / Order Blattodea / Family Blattidae / Genus Periplaneta

C-value (pg): 3.41

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila virilis = 0.34pg

References:
Hanrahan, S.J. and J.S. Johnston (2011). New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods. Chromosome Research 19: 809–823.

Other records available for this species:

Periplaneta americana = 2.72 (pg)
Periplaneta americana = 2.80 (pg)

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