Detailed Record for Mesocyclops edax

Common Name: Cyclopoid copepod

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Copepoda / Order Cyclopoida / Family Cyclopidae / Genus Mesocyclops

C-value (pg): 1.49

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Whole body squash

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Rasch, E.M. and G.A. Wyngaard (1993). Genome size in Mesocyclops edax (Copepoda). Molecular Biology of the Cell 4: 401A.

Rasch, E.M. and G.A. Wyngaard (1999). DNA levels prior to chromatin diminution in freshwater copepods (Crustacea). Molecular Biology of the Cell 10: 55A.

Wyngaard, G.A. and E.M. Rasch (2000). Patterns of genome size in the Copepoda. Hydrobiologia 417: 43-56.

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