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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Daphnia tenebrosa

Common Name: Water flea

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Branchiopoda / Order Cladocera / Sub Order Anomopoda / Family Daphniidae / Genus Daphnia

C-value (pg): 0.29

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Whole body

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Vergilino, R., C. Belzile, and F. Dufresne (2009). Genome size evolution and polyploidy in the Daphnia pulex complex (Cladocera: Daphniidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 68-79.

Other records available for this species:

Daphnia tenebrosa = 0.53 (pg)
Daphnia tenebrosa = 0.58 (pg)

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