Detailed Record for Drosophila mauritiana

Common Name: Fruit fly / Pomace fly / Vinegar fly

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Drosophilidae / Genus Drosophila

C-value (pg): 0.15

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis = 0.35pg

References:
Boulesteix, M., M. Weiss, and C. Biemont (2005). Differences in genome size between closely related species: the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 162-167.

Other records available for this species:

Drosophila mauritiana = 0.15 (pg)

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