Animal Chromosome Counts
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Caretta caretta

Chordata › Reptilia › Testudines › Cheloniidae

26, 27, 28, 29haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 56

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 26. The sources are listed together under Sources.

Closest relatives

No other species in Caretta. Species in the same family, Cheloniidae:

Sources

  1. Olmo E, Signorino GG: Chromorep: a reptiles chromosomes database (2005) http://chromorep.univpm.it/.

The sources are listed together. The data does not say which source reports which count.

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