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Animal Chromosome Counts

Turdus philomelos

Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Muscicapidae

40haploid

Diploid number in the source: 80

Closest relatives

Other species in Turdus.

Turdus merula n 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Turdus migratorius n 40
Turdus pilaris n 37, 38, 39, 40, 41

Sources

Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.
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.

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