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Athene noctua

Chordata › Aves › Strigiformes › Strigidae

40haploid

Diploid number in the source: 80

Closest relatives

No other species in Athene. Species in the same family, Strigidae:

Sources

  1. Nakamura, D., T.R. Tiersch, M. Douglass, and R.W. Chandler (1990). Rapid identification of sex in birds by flow cytometry. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 53: 201-205.
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