Detailed Record for Pteropus giganteus

Common Name: Flying fox

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Chiroptera / Sub Order Megachiroptera / Family Pteropodidae / Genus Pteropus

C-value (pg): 2.22

Chromosome Number (2n): 38

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Leukocytes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Manfredi Romanini, M.G., C. Pelliciari, F. Bolchi, and E. Capanna (1975). Données nouvelles sur le contenu en ADN des noyaux postkinétiques chez les chiroptères. Mammalia 39: 675-683.

Other records available for this species:

Pteropus giganteus = 2.18 (pg)

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