Cytophotometric estimation of 4C DNA content and chromosome analysis in four species of astrophytum lem. of the family cactaceae

Cytologia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Das, A B ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

4C DNA content; Astrophytum; Cactus; Karyotype; Somatic chromosomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646776805     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.65.141     Document Type: Article

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