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Passer montanus

Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Passeridae

39haploid

Diploid number in the source: 78

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Sources

  1. Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
  2. Tiersch, T.R. and S.S. Wachtel (1991). On the evolution of genome size of birds. Journal of Heredity 82: 363-368.
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