Nuclear DNA content of thirteen turfgrass species by flow cytometry

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1518-1521

  Arumuganathan, K ^a   Tallury, S P ^b   Fraser, M L ^c   Bruneau, A H ^b   Qu, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pure Seed Testing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PLANT GENOME;

EID: 0032873892     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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