Detailed Record for Aedes albopictus

Common Name: Mosquito

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

C-value (pg): 0.62-1.66

Chromosome Number (2n): 6

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Kumar, A. and K.S. Rai (1990). Intraspecific variation in nuclear DNA content among world populations of a mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 79: 748-752.

Other records available for this species:

Aedes albopictus = 0.86-1.32 (pg)

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