Detailed Record for Melanoplus differentialis

Common Name: Differential grasshopper

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Orthoptera / Family Acrididae / Genus Melanoplus

C-value (pg): 3.84

Chromosome Number (2n): 24

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Ovaries, Testes

Standard Species: Bos taurus = 3.70pg

References:
Swift, H. and R. Kleinfeld (1953). DNA in grasshopper spermatogenesis, oögenesis, and cleavage. Physiological Zoology 26: 301-311.

Other records available for this species:

Melanoplus differentialis = 6.23 (pg)
Melanoplus differentialis = 7.03 (pg)

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