Detailed Record for Grus monacha

Common Name: Hooded crane

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

C-value (pg): 1.48

Chromosome Number (2n): 80

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

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

References:
Rasch, E.M. (1977). Further studies of genome size and sex identification in endangered species of cranes. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 25: 242.

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

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