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Lumbricus terrestris

Annelida › Clitellata › Crassiclitellata › Lumbricidae

16, 18haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 32, 36, 36

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 16. The sources are listed together under Sources.

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Other species in Lumbricus.

Sources

  1. Gregory, T. R. and Hebert, P. D. N. (2002). Genome size estimates for some oligochaete annelids. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1485-1489.
  2. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.

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

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