Detailed Record for Raja asterias

Common Name: Starry ray

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Batoidea / Order Rajiformes / Family Rajidae / Genus Raja

C-value (pg): 3.50

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Scyliorhinus canicula = 5.70pg

References:
Stingo, V., M.-H. Du Buit, and G. Odierna (1980). Genome size of some selachian fishes. Bollettino di Zoologia 47: 129-137.

Stingo, V. (1986). Correlazioni tra quantita di DNA totale e DNA DAPI-positivo in Teleostei e Selachi. Basic and Applied Histochemistry 30 (Suppl.): 164.

Other records available for this species:

Raja asterias = 3.50 (pg)
Raja asterias = 4.65 (pg)

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