The origin, evolution and proposed stabilization of the terms 'genome size' and 'C-value' to describe nuclear DNA contents

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 255-260

  Greilhuber, Johann ^a   Doležel, Jaroslav ^b   Lysák, Martin A ^c   Bennett, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C value; Cx value; DNA content; Genome; Genome size; Holoploid; Monoploid; Polyploid; Terminology

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTION; GENOME; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

PLANT DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLOIDY; REVIEW;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 20844433778     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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