Detailed Record for Homarus americanus

Common Name: American lobster

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Sub Order Pleocyemata / Infra Order Astacidea / Family Nephropidae / Genus Homarus

C-value (pg): 4.40

Method: Static Cell Fluorometry

Cell Type: Heart cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Jiminez, A.G., S.T. Kinsey, R.M. Dillaman, and D.F. Kapraun (2010). Nuclear DNA content variation associated with muscle fiber hypertrophic growth in decapod crustaceans. Genome 53: 161-171.

Other records available for this species:

Homarus americanus = 3.13 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 3.97 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 4.75 (pg)

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