Detailed Record for Tribolium castaneum

Common Name: Flour beetle

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Coleoptera / Family Tenebrionidae / Genus Tribolium

C-value (pg): 0.20

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Dermestes maculatus = 1.13pg

References:
Alvarez-Fuster, A., C. Juan, and E. Petitpierre (1991). Genome size in Tribolium flour-beetles: inter- and intraspecific variation. Genetical Research 58: 1-5.

Other records available for this species:

Tribolium castaneum = 0.21 (pg)
Tribolium castaneum = 0.21 (pg)
Tribolium castaneum = 0.21 (pg)

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