Detailed Record for Drosophila melanogaster

Common Name: Fruit fly / Pomace fly / Vinegar fly

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Diptera / Family Drosophilidae / Genus Drosophila

C-value (pg): 0.18

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Ovaries, Testes, Sperm

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

References:
Mulligan, P.K. and E.M. Rasch (1980). The determination of genome size in male and female germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster by DNA-Feulgen cytophotometry. Histochemistry 66: 11-18.

Other records available for this species:

Drosophila melanogaster = 0.12 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.16 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.16 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.17 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.17 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18 (pg)
Drosophila melanogaster = 0.21 (pg)

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