Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: Progress, problems and prospects

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-90

  Bennett, M D ^a   Leitch, I J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperm DNA amounts; DNA C values; Nuclear genome size; Plant DNA C values database

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DNA; GENOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; GENOME; PLANT CHROMOSOME; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT;

EID: 21644481551     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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