Detailed Record for Drosophila melanogaster

Common Name: Fruit fly / Pomace fly / Vinegar fly

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Drosophilidae / Genus Drosophila

C-value (pg): 0.18

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Caenorhabditis elegans = 0.10pg

References:
Bennett, M.D., I.J. Leitch, H.J. Price, and J.S. Johnston (2003). Comparisons with Caenorhabditis (~100 Mb) and Drosophila (~175 Mb) using flow cytometry show genome size in Arabidopsis to be ~157 Mb and thus ~25 % larger than the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative estimate of ~125 Mb. Annals of Botany 91: 547-557.

Other records available for this species:

Drosophila melanogaster = 0.12 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.16 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.16 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.17 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.17 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.21 (pg)

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