Detailed Record for Melipoma quadrifasciata

Common Name: Stingless bee

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

C-value (pg): 0.27

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Scaptotrigona xantotricha = 0.43pg

References:
Tavares, M.G., C.R. Carvalho, and F.A.F. Soares (2010). Genome size variation in Melipona species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and sub-grouping by their DNA content. Apidologie 41: 636-642.

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