Detailed Record for Grus americana

Common Name: Whooping crane

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Class Aves / Order Gruiformes / Family Gruidae / Genus Grus

C-value (pg): 1.59

Chromosome Number (2n): 80.00-82.00

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Rasch, E.M. (1985). DNA "standards" and the range of accurate DNA estimates by Feulgen absorption microspectrophotometry In: Advances in Microscopy, edited by R.R. Cowden and S.H. Harrison. Alan R. Liss, New York. 137-166.

Other records available for this species:

Grus americana = 1.50 (pg)
Grus americana = 1.53 (pg)

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