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Meleagris gallopavo

Chordata › Aves › Galliformes › Phasianidae

23, 40haploid counts

Diploid number in the source: 46, 80

Conflicting counts This record lists more than one count.

The chart below uses the first one, 23. The sources are listed together under Sources.

Closest relatives

No other species in Meleagris. Species in the same family, Phasianidae:

Sources

  1. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
  2. Vendrely, R. and C. Vendrely (1950). Sur la teneur absolue en acide d’©soxyribonucl’©ique du noyau cellulaire chez quelques esp’ĺces d'oiseaux et de poissons. Comptes Rendus de l'Acad’©mie des Sciences 230: 788-790.

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

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