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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Triatoma infestans

Common Name: Kissing bug

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hemiptera / Sub Order Heteroptera / Family Reduviidae / Genus Triatoma

C-value (pg): 1.70

Chromosome Number (2n): 44

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Testes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Panzera, F., J.P. Dujardin, P. Nicolini, M.N. Caraccio, V. Rose, T. Tellez, H. Bermúdez, M.D. Bargues, S. Mas-Coma, J.E. O'Connor, and R. Pérez. (2004). Genomic changes of chagas disease vector, South America. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10: 438-446.

Other records available for this species:

Triatoma infestans = 1.03 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.44 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.50 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.98 (pg)

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