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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Podisma pedestris

Common Name: Mountain grasshopper

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Orthoptera / Family Acrididae / Genus Podisma

C-value (pg): 16.93

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Schistocerca gregaria = 8.70pg

References:
Westerman, M., N.H. Barton, and G.M. Hewitt (1987). Differences in DNA content between two chromosomal races of the grasshopper Podisma pedestris. Heredity 58: 221-228.

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