Animal Genome Size Database:: Species Record

Detailed Record for Lonchura striata

Common Name: White-backed munia

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Aves / Order Passeriformes / Family Estrildidae / Genus Lonchura

C-value (pg): 1.42

Chromosome Number (2n): 78

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

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

References:
Tiersch, T.R. and S.S. Wachtel (1991). On the evolution of genome size of birds. Journal of Heredity 82: 363-368.