Detailed Record for Anas platyrhynchos

Common Name: Mallard

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Aves / Order Anseriformes / Family Anatidae / Genus Anas

C-value (pg): 1.44

Chromosome Number (2n): 80

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Homo sapiens = 3.50pg, Various

References:
Nakamura, D., T.R. Tiersch, M. Douglass, and R.W. Chandler (1990). Rapid identification of sex in birds by flow cytometry. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 53: 201-205.

Tiersch, T.R. and S.S. Wachtel (1991). On the evolution of genome size of birds. Journal of Heredity 82: 363-368.

Other records available for this species:

Anas platyrhynchos = 1.24 (pg)
Anas platyrhynchos = 1.27 (pg)
Anas platyrhynchos = 1.46 (pg)
Anas platyrhynchos = 1.49 (pg)
Anas platyrhynchos = 1.54 (pg)

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