Nuclear DNA content in allopolyploid species and synthetic hybrids in the grass genus Paspalum

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Vaio, Magdalena ^a   Mazzella, Cristina ^a   Porro, Valentina ^b   Speranza, Pablo ^a   López Carro, Beatriz ^b   Estramil, Enrique ^a   Folle, Gustavo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genome size; Grasses; Nuclear DNA content; Paspalum; Polyploidy; Synthetic hybrids

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; PASPALUM JUERGENSII; POACEAE;

EID: 34247537946     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0506-x     Document Type: Article

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