A flow cytometric evaluation of the nuclear DNA content and GC percent in genomes of European oak species

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 915-917

  Favre, J M ^a   Brown, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

European oaks; flow cytometry; GC percent; nuclear DNA content

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 0029850299     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19960409     Document Type: Article

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