Detailed Record for Tursiops truncatus

Common Name: Bottlenose dolphin

Species (alternate): Tursiops gilli

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Cetartiodactyla / Family Delphinidae / Genus Tursiops

C-value (pg): 3.03

Chromosome Number (2n): 44

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Lung (culture)

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Kato, H., M. Harada, K. Tsuchiya, and K. Moriwaki (1980). Absence of correlation between DNA repair in ultraviolet irradiated mammalian cells and life span of the donor species. Japanese Journal of Genetics 55: 99-108.

Other records available for this species:

Tursiops truncatus = 3.27 (pg)
Tursiops truncatus = 3.51 (pg)

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