Detailed Record for Grus canadensis pratensis

Common Name: Florida sandhill crane

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

C-value (pg): 1.60

Chromosome Number (2n): 80

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Mus musculus = 3.30pg, Xenopus laevis = 3.15pg

References:
Rasch, E.M. and P.J. Kurtin (1975). Genome size in three species of cranes (Aves: Gruiformes). Journal of Cell Biology 67: 353A.

Rasch, E.M. (1976). Use of deoxyribonucleic acid-Feulgen cytophotometry for sex identification in juvenile cranes (Aves: Gruiformes). Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 24: 607.

Rasch, E.M. (2006). Genome sizes of cranes (Aves: Gruiformes). Journal of Morphology 267: 1429-1432.

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