Detailed Record for Macrovipera lebetina

Common Name: Levantine viper

Species (alternate): Vipera lebetina

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Reptilia / Sub Class Lepidosauria / Order Squamata / Sub Order Ophidia / Family Viperidae / Genus Macrovipera

C-value (pg): 2.07

Chromosome Number (2n): 36

Method: Static Cell Fluorometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
De Smet, W.H.O. (1981). The nuclear Feulgen-DNA content of the vertebrates (especially reptiles), as measured by fluorescence cytophotometry, with notes on the cell and chromosome size. Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia 76: 119-167.

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