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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Gambusia affinis

Common Name: Mosquitofish

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Cyprinodontiformes / Family Poeciliidae / Genus Gambusia

C-value (pg): 0.91

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:

Gambusia affinis = 0.75 (pg)
Gambusia affinis = 0.78 (pg)
Gambusia affinis = 0.94 (pg)

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