Cytotaxonomic studies in Vigna. III. Chromosomal distribution and reacting properties of the heterochromatin in five wild species of the section Vigna

Caryologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 311-319

  Galasso, Incoronata ^a   Saponetti, Luisa Sublimi ^a   Pignone, Domenico ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

C banding; Cytotaxonomy; Fluorochromes; Heterochromatin characterization; Papilionaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003744335     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1996.10797375     Document Type: Article

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