Nuclear DNA content in species of Eleusine (Gramineae): A critical re-evaluation using laser flow cytometry

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Mysore, K S ^a,b   Baird, V ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coracana subsp. africana; E. coracana subsp. coracana; E. multiflora; E. tristachya. C value; Eleusine indica; Genome size; Gramineae; Nuclear DNA; Nuclei isolation

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA SUBSP. CORACANA; ELEUSINE INDICA; ELEUSINE MULTIFLORA; ELEUSINE TRISTACHYA; POACEAE; TRISTACHYA;

EID: 0030663608     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985206     Document Type: Article

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