Detailed Record for Periplaneta americana

Common Name: American cockroach

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota  / Order Blattaria / Family Blattidae / Genus Periplaneta

C-value (pg): 2.80

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Mus musculus = 3.30pg

References:
Monti, M., C. Redi, and E. Capanna (2022). Genome size evaluations in cockroaches: New entries. European Journal of Histochemistry 66: 3400.

Other records available for this species:

Periplaneta americana = 2.72 (pg)
Periplaneta americana = 3.41 (pg)

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