Detailed Record for Octomys mimax

Common Name: Viscacha rat

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

C-value (pg): 4.00

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Kidney cells, Spleen

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
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.

Other records available for this species:

Octomys mimax = 3.80 (pg)

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