The karyotype of Nothoscordum arenarium Herter (Gilliesioideae, Alliaceae): A populational and cytomolecular analysis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Souza, Luiz G R ^a   Crosa, Orfeo ^b   Winge, Helga ^c   Guerra, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5S and 45S rDNA; CMA DAPI staining; Heterochromatin; Nothoscordum; Robertsonian translocation

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DNA 45S; DNA 5S; PLANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTHOSCORDUM ARENARIUM; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; TETRAPLOIDY; TRIPLOIDY;

ALLIACEAE; NOTHOSCORDUM; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 66649112201     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000016     Document Type: Article

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