Detailed Record for Bombus impatiens

Common Name: Common eastern bumblebee

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Hymenoptera / Family Apidae / Genus Bombus

C-value (pg): 0.52

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Hanrahan, S.J. and J.S. Johnston (2011). New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods. Chromosome Research 19: 809–823.

Other records available for this species:

Bombus impatiens = 0.47 (pg)

Outlinks:
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