Detailed Record for Bipes canaliculatus

Common Name: Worm lizard

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Reptilia / Sub Class Lepidosauria / Order Squamata / Sub Order Amphisbaenia / Family Bipedidae / Genus Bipes

C-value (pg): 2.10

Chromosome Number (2n): 44

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Xenopus laevis = 3.15pg

References:
Macgregor, H. and L. Klosterman (1979). Observations on the cytology of Bipes (Amphisbaenia) with special reference to its lampbrush chromosomes. Chromosoma 72: 67-87.

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