Genome size and base composition of seven Quercus species: Inter- and intra-population variation

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-168

  Zoldos V ^a   Papes D ^a   Brown, S C ^b   Panaud, O ^c   Siljak Yakovlev S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

DNA content variations; Extra chromosomes; Flow cytometry; GC percent; Genome size; Quercus

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; DNA CONTENT; GENOME; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0031872214     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-41-2-162     Document Type: Article

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