Detailed Record for Octodontomys gliroides

Common Name: Chozchoz

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

C-value (pg): 4.10

Chromosome Number (2n): 38

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Kidney cells, Spleen

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Gallardo, M.H., J.W. Bickham, R.L. Honeycutt, R.A. Ojeda, and N. Köhler (1999). Discovery of tetraploidy in a mammal. Nature 401: 341.

Gallardo, M.H., J.W. Bickham, G. Kausel, N. Köhler, and R.L. Honeycutt (2002). Gradual and quantum genome size shifts in the hystricognath rodents. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 163-169.

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