Amount and organization of the heterochromatin in Olea europaea and related species

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-195

  Bitonti, M B ^a   Cozza, R ^a   Chiappetta, A ^a   Contento, A ^b   Minelli, S ^b   Ceccarelli, M ^b   Gelati, M T ^c   Maggini, F ^c   Baldoni, L ^d   Cionini, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Heterochromatin; Olea europaea; Olea species; Phylogenesis; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; HETEROCHROMATIN; PLANT GENETICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT SHOOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 0033179883     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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