Detailed Record for Nasonia vitripennis

Common Name: Wasp

Species (alternate): Mormoniella vitripennis

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hymenoptera / Family Pteromalidae / Genus Nasonia

C-value (pg): 0.34

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Haemocytes, Sperm

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg, Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Xenopus laevis = 3.15pg

References:
Rasch, E.M., J.D. Cassidy, and R.C. King (1975). Somatic cell DNA content in haploid, diploid, and triploid adults of Mormoniella vitripennis. Journal of Cell Biology 67: 353A.

Rasch, E.M., J.D. Cassidy, and R.C. King (1977). Evidence for dosage compensation in parthenogenetic hymenoptera. Chromosoma 59: 323-340.

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