Detailed Record for Thomomys talpoides fossor

Common Name: Western pocket gopher

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

C-value (pg): 2.57

Chromosome Number (2n): 48

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Spleen

Standard Species: Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Sherwood, S.W. and J.L. Patton (1982). Genome evolution in pocket gophers (genus Thomomys). II. Variation in cellular DNA content.. Chromosoma 85: 163-179.

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