Genome size of the northern walkingstick, Diapheromera femorata (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae)

@article{Gregory2002GenomeSO,
  title={Genome size of the northern walkingstick, Diapheromera femorata (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae)},
  author={T. Ryan Gregory},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Zoology},
  year={2002},
  volume={80},
  pages={1303-1305}
}
  • T. Gregory
  • Published 1 July 2002
  • Biology
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology
The haploid genome size (C value) of the northern walkingstick, Diapheromera femorata(Say), was esti- mated to be 1C = 2.55 pg using Feulgen image-analysis densitometry of haemocyte and sperm nuclei. This relatively large genome is similar in size to the genomes of the few other phasmids studied so far, and is consistent with hypoth- eses regarding an upper limit to the size of many insect genomes imposed by the process of metamorphosis, which is relaxed among hemimetabolous orders. Comments on… 
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