Detailed Record for Homarus americanus
Common Name: American lobster
Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Family Nephropidae / Genus Homarus
C-value (pg): 3.97
Method: Flow Cytometry
Cell Type: Whole body
Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg, Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg
References:
Jeffery, N. W., and T. R. Gregory (2014). Genome size estimates for crustaceans using Feulgen image analysis densitometry of ethanol-preserved tissues. Cytometry Part A 85: 862-868.
Other records available for this species:
Homarus americanus = 3.13 (pg)Homarus americanus = 4.40 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 4.75 (pg)
Outlinks:
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