Nuclear DNA content estimations in wild olive (Olea europaea L. ssp. europaea var. sylvestris Brot.) and Portuguese cultivars of O. europaea using flow cytometry

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Loureiro, João ^a   Rodriguez, Eleazar ^a   Costa, Armando ^a   Santos, Conceição ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genome size; Intraspecific variation; Nuclear DNA content; Olea europaea; Wild olive

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; CULTIVAR; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; WILD POPULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEA EUROPAEA VAR. SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33846269337     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-006-9115-3     Document Type: Article

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