Detailed Record for Melanoplus differentialis
Common Name: Differential grasshopper
Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Orthoptera / Family Acrididae / Genus Melanoplus
C-value (pg): 7.03
Method: Flow Cytometry
Cell Type: Brain
Standard Species: Periplaneta americana = 3.41pg
References:
Hanrahan, S.J. and J.S. Johnston (2011). New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods. Chromosome Research 19: 809–823.
Other records available for this species:
Melanoplus differentialis = 3.84 (pg)Melanoplus differentialis = 6.23 (pg)
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