Flow cytometric analysis reveals different nuclear DNA contents in cultivated Fonio (Digitaria spp.) and some wild relatives from West-Africa

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 163-176

  Adoukonou Sagbadja, H ^a,b   Schubert, V ^c   Dansi, A ^a   Jovtchev, G ^c   Meister, A ^c   Pistrick, K ^c   Akpagana, K ^d,e   Friedt, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

2C values; Chromosome number; Digitaria spp.; Flow cytometry; Fonio; Genome size; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DIGITARIA CILIARIS; DIGITARIA EXILIS; DIGITARIA IBURUA; DIGITARIA LONGIFLORA; DIGITARIA TERNATA;

EID: 34548632035     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0552-z     Document Type: Article

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