Plant genome size estimation by flow cytometry: Inter-laboratory comparison

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. A, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Dolezel J ^a,f   Greilhuber, J ^b   Lucretti, S ^c   Meister, A ^d   Lysak M A ^a,e   Nardi, L ^c   Obermayer, R ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DAPI; Feulgen densitometry; Flow cytometry; Nuclear DNA content; Plant genome size; Propidium iodide; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CELL NUCLEUS; DENSITOMETRY; DNA; DNA ISOLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; PLANT GENOME; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032415401     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0730     Document Type: Article

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