Detailed Record for Desmognathus wrighti

Common Name: Pygmy salamander

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Amphibia / Order Urodela / Family Plethodontidae / Genus Desmognathus

C-value (pg): 13.70

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Xenopus laevis = 3.15pg, Various

References:
Sessions, S.K. and A. Larson (1987). Developmental correlates of genome size in plethodontid salamanders and their implications for genome evolution. Evolution 41: 1239-1251.

Other records available for this species:

Desmognathus wrighti = 14.09 (pg)

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