Detailed Record for Mytilus galloprovincialis

Common Name: Mediterranean mussel

Taxonomy: Phylum Mollusca / Class Bivavlia / Sub Class Pteriomorphia / Order Mytiloida / Family Mytilidae / Genus Mytilus

C-value (pg): 1.41

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Testes

Standard Species: Carassius auratus = 1.75pg

References:
Ieyama, H., O. Kameoka, T. Tan, and J. Yamasaki (1994). Chromosomes and nuclear DNA contents of some species of Mytilidae. Venus 53: 327-331.

Other records available for this species:

Mytilus galloprovincialis = 1.92 (pg)

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