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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Oncorhynchus keta

Common Name: Chum salmon

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Osteichthyes / Sub Class Actinopterygii / Infra Class Neopterygii / Super Order Teleostei / Order Salmoniformes / Family Salmonidae / Genus Oncorhynchus

C-value (pg): 2.64

Chromosome Number (2n): 74

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Johnson, O.W., F.M. Utter, and P.S. Rabinovitch (1987). Interspecies differences in salmonid cellular DNA identified by flow cytometry. Copeia 1987: 1001-1009.

Other records available for this species:

Oncorhynchus keta = 2.49 (pg)
Oncorhynchus keta = 2.76 (pg)

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