Detailed Record for Lucilia cuprina

Common Name: Blowfly

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Calliphoridae / Genus Lucilia

C-value (pg): 0.81

Chromosome Number (2n): 12

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Ullerich, F.-H. and M. Schottke (2006). Karyotypes, constitutive heterochromatin, and genomic DNA values in the blowfly genera Chrysomya, Lucilia, and Protophormia (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Genome 49: 584-597.

Other records available for this species:

Lucilia cuprina = 0.63 (pg)

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