Detailed Record for Hypsibius dujardini

Common Name: Water bear

Taxonomy: Phylum Tardigrada / Class Eutardigrada / Order Parachela / Family Hypsibiidae / Genus Hypsibius

C-value (pg): 0.13

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Whole body

Standard Species: Caenorhabditis elegans = 0.10pg, Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Koutsovoulos, G., S. Kumar, D.R. Laetsch, L. Stevens, J. Daub, C. Conlon, H. Maroon, F. Thomas, A.A. Aboobaker, and M. Blaxter (2016). No evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113: 5053-5058.

Other records available for this species:

Hypsibius dujardini = 0.08 (pg)

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