Detailed Record for Aedes aegypti

Common Name: Yellow fever mosquito

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Culicidae / Genus Aedes

C-value (pg): 1.25

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Dittmann, F., P.H. Kogan, and H.H. Hagedorn (1989). Ploidy levels and DNA synthesis in fat body cells of the adult mosquito, Aedes aegypti: the role of juvenile hormone. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 12: 133-143.

Other records available for this species:

Aedes aegypti = 0.81 (pg)
Aedes aegypti = 0.83 (pg)

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