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Didelphis marsupialis

Chordata › Mammalia › Didelphimorphia › Didelphidae
Listed in the source as Didelphys marsupialis

11haploid

Diploid number in the source: 22

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Other species in Didelphis.

Sources

  1. Tiersch, T.R., R.W. Chandler, S.S. Wachtel, and S. Elias (1989a). Reference standards for flow cytometry and application in comparative studies of nuclear DNA content. Cytometry 10: 706-710
  2. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
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