Detailed Record for Loxodonta africana

Common Name: African elephant

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Mammalia / Sub Class Theria / Infra Class Eutheria / Order Proboscidea / Family Elephantidae / Genus Loxodonta

C-value (pg): 4.45

Method: Flow karyotyping

Cell Type: Individual chromosomes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Kasai, F., P.C.M. O'Brien, and M.A. Ferguson-Smith (2013). Afrotheria genome: overestimation of genome size and distinct chromosome GC content revealed by flow karyotyping. Genomics 102: 468-471.

Other records available for this species:

Loxodonta africana = 4.11 (pg)
Loxodonta africana = 4.44 (pg)

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