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Egretta garzetta

Chordata › Aves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae

38haploid

Diploid number in the source: 76

Closest relatives

No other species in Egretta. Species in the same family, Ardeidae:

Sources

  1. Venturini, G., R. D'Ambrogi, and E. Capanna (1986). Size and structure of the bird genome. I. DNA content of 48 species of Neognathae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 85B: 61-65.
  2. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
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