Detailed Record for Mergus cucullatus

Common Name: Hooded merganser

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Aves / Order Anseriformes / Family Anatidae / Genus Mergus

C-value (pg): 1.28

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Homo sapiens = 3.50pg, Various

References:
Nakamura, D., T.R. Tiersch, M. Douglass, and R.W. Chandler (1990). Rapid identification of sex in birds by flow cytometry. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 53: 201-205.

Other records available for this species:

Mergus cucullatus = 1.23 (pg)

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