Detailed Record for Geomys attwateri

Common Name: Eastern pocket gopher

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Rodentia / Family Geomyidae / Genus Geomys

C-value (pg): 3.31

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Kidney cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Burton, D.W. and J.W. Bickham (1989). Heterochromatin variation and DNA content conservatism in Geomys attwateri and G. breviceps (Rodentia: Geomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 70: 580-591.

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