1995/12/01 by Georg Imsiecke, Márcio Reis Custódio, Radovan Borojević +3 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · #Aquaculture disease management and microbiota #Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms #Marine Sponges and Natural Products
paper · doi:10.1006/cbir.1995.1041
openalex publication_date 1995/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The genome size of the marine sponges Suberites domuncula and Geodia cydonium has been determined by flow cytofluorometric analysis using diamidino-phenylindole [DAPI]. Using human lymphocytes as reference the amount of DNA in cells from S. domuncula has been determined to be 3.7 pg and that of G. cydonium 3.3 pg. While no chromosomes could be identified in G. cydonium, the karyotype of the Suberites domuncula is 32 chromosomes in the diploid state. The size of the chromosomes was between 0.25 and 1.0 micron. No pronounced banding pattern was visible.