Detailed Record for Culex pipiens

Common Name: Mosquito

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

C-value (pg): 1.02

Chromosome Number (2n): 6

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Testes

Standard Species: Musca domestica = 0.90pg

References:
Jost, E. and M. Mameli (1972). DNA content in nine species of Nematocera with special reference to the sibling species of the Anopheles maculipennis group and the Culex pipiens group. Chromosoma 37: 201-208.

Other records available for this species:

Culex pipiens = 0.54 (pg)
Culex pipiens = 0.54 (pg)

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