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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Girardia tigrina

Common Name: Flatworm

Species (alternate): Dugesia tigrina

Taxonomy: Phylum Platyhelminthes / Class Turbellaria / Order Tricladida / Family Dugesiidae / Genus Girardia

C-value (pg): 1.88

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Whole body

Standard Species: Various

References:
Gregory, T.R., P.D.N. Hebert, and J. Kolasa (2000). Evolutionary implications of the relationship between genome size and body size in flatworms and copepods. Heredity 84: 201-208.

Other records available for this species:

Girardia tigrina = 1.40 (pg)

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