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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Schistocerca gregaria

Common Name: Desert locust

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

C-value (pg): 8.96

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Various

Standard Species: Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Fox, D.P. (1970). A non-doubling DNA series in somatic tissues of the locusts Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) and Locusta migratoria (Linn.). Chromosoma 29: 446-461.

Other records available for this species:

Schistocerca gregaria = 8.55 (pg)
Schistocerca gregaria = 8.71 (pg)

Outlinks:
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