Detailed Record for Chironomus tentans

Common Name: Midge

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Chironomidae / Genus Chironomus

C-value (pg): 0.25

Chromosome Number (2n): 8

Method: Biochemical Analysis

Cell Type: Salivary gland

Standard Species: Not specified

References:
Daneholt, B. and J.-E. Edström (1967). The content of deoxyribonucleic acid in individual polytene chromosomes of Chironomus tentans. Cytogenetics 6: 350-356.

Other records available for this species:

Chironomus tentans = 0.21 (pg)
Chironomus tentans = 0.22 (pg)

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