Chromosome no. 1 of Crepis capillaris shows defined 3D-shapes in mitotic prophase

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-252

  Houtsmuller, A B ^a   Oud, J L ^a   Montijn, M B ^a   Worring, M ^a   Smeulders, A W M ^a   Nanninga, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Crepis capillaris; Plant chromosome; Prophase chromosome shape

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ASTERACEAE; CHROMOSOMES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOSIS; PLANT ROOTS; PROPHASE;

EID: 0034104897     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009213332000     Document Type: Article

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