Nuclear DNA content and chiasma behaviour in six species of Gymnocalycium Pfeiff. of the family Cactaceae

Caryologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-165

  Das, A B ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

4C DNA; Chiasma; Cytophotometry; Haploid chromosome number; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040351706     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10589130     Document Type: Article

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