Genome and chromosome dimensions of Lotus japonicus

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-442

  Ito, Mikako ^a   Miyamoto, Junko ^b   Mori, Yumiko ^a   Fujimoto, Satoru ^a   Uchiumi, Toshiki ^b   Abe, Mikiko ^b   Suzuki, Akihiro ^b   Tabata, Satoshi ^c   Fukui, Kiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condensation pattern; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Genome size; Lotus japonicus; Quantitative chromosome map; rDNAs

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 0034369919     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013952     Document Type: Article

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