Detailed Record for Dipodomys merriami merriami

Common Name: Kangaroo rat

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

C-value (pg): 3.52

Chromosome Number (2n): 52

Method: Gallocyanin Chrom Alum Densitometry

Cell Type: Liver

Standard Species: Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Hatch, F.T., A.J. Bodner, J.A. Mazrimas, and D.H. Moore (1976). Satellite DNA and cytogenetic evolution: DNA quantity, satellite DNA and karyotypic variations in kangaroo rats (Genus Dipodomys). Chromosoma 58: 155-168.

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