Detailed Record for Chaoborus americanus
Common Name: Phantom midge
Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Chaoboridae / Genus Chaoborus
C-value (pg): 0.40
Method: Feulgen Densitometry
Cell Type: Sperm
Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg
References:
Rao, P.N. and K.S. Rai (1990). Genome evolution in the mosquitoes and other closely related members of superfamily Culicoidea. Hereditas 113: 139-144.
Outlinks:
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