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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Galeocerdo cuvier

Common Name: Tiger shark

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Selachimorpha / Order Carchariniformes / Family Carcharhinidae / Genus Galeocerdo

C-value (pg): 3.79

Chromosome Number (2n): 86

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Ojima, Y. and K. Yamamoto (1990). Cellular DNA contents of fishes determined by flow cytometry. La Kromosomo II 57: 1871-1888.

Other records available for this species:

Galeocerdo cuvier = 4.15 (pg)
Galeocerdo cuvier = 4.93 (pg)
Galeocerdo cuvier = 6.55 (pg)

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