Detailed Record for Xenopus laevis

Common Name: African clawed frog

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Amphibia / Order Anura / Family Pipidae / Genus Xenopus

C-value (pg): 3.09

Chromosome Number (2n): 36

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Rana esculenta = 6.00pg, Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Olmo, E., G. Gargiulo, and A. Morescalchi (1970). Il contenuto di DNA nucleare di alcuni Anfibi. Bollettino di Zoologia 37: 513-514.

Olmo, E. (1973). Quantitative variations in the nuclear DNA and phylogenesis of the Amphibia. Caryologia 26: 43-68.

Other records available for this species:

Xenopus laevis = 3.00 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.10 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.11 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.15 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.15 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.59 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.69 (pg)
Xenopus laevis = 3.85 (pg)

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