ZZW autotriploidy in a Blue-and-Yellow M
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T. R. Tiersch; M. L. Beck; M. Douglass
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Article
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1991
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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We describe genome size (nuclear DNA content), and cellular and nuclear dimensions of erythrocytes in a triploid Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) and its diploid parents. The genome size of the triploid (4.23 pg) was 1.5 times greater than the genome size of the mother (2.80 pg) and the father (