Detailed Record for Ovis aries

Common Name: Sheep

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Artiodactyla / Family Bovidae / Genus Ovis

C-value (pg): 3.30

Chromosome Number (2n): 54

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes, Liver

Standard Species: Bos taurus = 3.70pg

References:
Sumner, A.T. and R.A. Buckland (1976). Relative DNA contents of somatic nuclei of ox, sheep and goat. Chromosoma 57: 171-175.

Other records available for this species:

Ovis aries = 2.34 (pg)
Ovis aries = 2.57 (pg)
Ovis aries = 3.33 (pg)
Ovis aries = 3.50 (pg)

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