Detailed Record for Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Common Name: Duck-billed platypus
Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Prototheria / Order Monotremata / Family Ornithorhynchidae / Genus Ornithorhynchus
C-value (pg): 3.06
Chromosome Number (2n): 54
Method: Biochemical Analysis
Cell Type: Heart cells
Standard Species: Rattus norvegicus = 3.10pg
References:
Bick, Y.A.E. and W.D. Jackson (1967). DNA content of monotremes. Nature 215: 192-193.
Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
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