Detailed Record for Ramazzottius varieornatus

Common Name: Water bear

Taxonomy: Phylum Tardigrada / Class Eutardigrada / Order Parachela / Family Hypsibiidae / Genus Ramazzottius

C-value (pg): 0.05

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Whole body

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Hashimoto, T., D.D. Horikawa, Y. Saito, H. Kuwahara, H. Kozuka-Hata, T. Shin-I, Y. Minakuchi, K. Ohishi, A. Motoyama, T. Aizu, A. Enomoto, K. Kondo, S. Tanaka, Y. Hara, S. Koshikawa, H. Sagara, T. Miura, S.-i. Yokobori, K. Miyagawa, Y. Suzuki, T. Kubo, M. (2016). Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein. Nature Communications 7: 12808.

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