Detailed Record for Galleria melonella

Common Name: Wax moth

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Lepidoptera / Family Pyralidae / Genus Galleria

C-value (pg): 0.50

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Haemocytes, Sperm

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg, 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.

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