rDNA sites and heterochromatin in Meiwa kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia Swing.) chromosomes revealed by FISH and CMA/DAPI staining

Caryologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 333-340

  Miranda, Manoela ^a   Ikeda, Fukio ^a   Endo, Tomoko ^b   Moriguchi, Takaya ^b   Omura, Mitsuo ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Citrus; FISH; Fluorochrome staining; Heterochromatin; RDNA

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; FORTUNELLA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 0242563426     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1997.10797407     Document Type: Article

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