Detailed Record for Alligator mississippiensis

Common Name: American alligator

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Reptilia / Sub Class Archosauria / Order Crocodylia / Sub Order Eusuchia / Family Alligatoridae / Genus Alligator

C-value (pg): 2.49

Chromosome Number (2n): 32

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Mirsky, A.E. and H. Ris (1951). The desoxyribonucleic acid content of animal cells and its evolutionary significance. Journal of General Physiology 34: 451-462.

Other records available for this species:

Alligator mississippiensis = 2.66 (pg)

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