Relationships between nuclear DNA content and seed and leaf size in soybean

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1064-1068

  Chung, J ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Arumuganathan, K ^a   Graef, G L ^a   Specht, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genome size; Glycine max; Leaf size; Seed size

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEED; SIZE; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0031869910     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050840     Document Type: Article

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