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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Thaumastura cora

Common Name: Peruvian sheartail

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Aves / Order Apodiformes / Family Trochilidae / Genus Thaumastura

C-value (pg): 1.15

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Wright, N.A., T.R. Gregory, and C.C. Witt (2014). Metabolic \‘engines\’ of flight drive genome size reduction in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 281: .

Other records available for this species:

Thaumastura cora = 1.04 (pg)

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