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SPECIES RECORD

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:
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