Genome size and GC-percent in vertebrates as determined by flow cytometry: The triangular relationship

Cytometry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-109

  Vinogradov, Alexander E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; DNA amount; DNA content; Evolutionary constraints; Genome cytoecology; Genome evolution; Hoechst; Olivomycin; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DNA CONTENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FISH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIVOMYCINS; SPLEEN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031914878     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19980201)31:2<100::AID-CYTO5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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