| Value |
8
unitless
|
| Organism |
Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster |
| Reference |
Animal Genome Size Database, Release 2.0 link |
| Primary Source |
Rasch, E.M., H.J. Barr, and R.W. Rasch (1971). The DNA content of sperm of Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma 33: 1-18.PubMed ID5574762
|
| Comments |
"Animal Genome Size Database, Release 2.0, a comprehensive catalogue of animal genome size data. Haploid DNA contents (C-values, in picograms) are currently available for 5635 species (3731 vertebrates and 1904 non-vertebrates) based on 7286 records from 683 published sources." Search "Drosophila melanogaster" & see 6th row in results page. Notice that this is the 2n value, i.e. counting the sister chromosomes as two separate chromosomes |
| Entered by |
Ron Milo - Admin |
| ID |
100201 |