2C or not 2C: A closer look at cell nuclei and their DNA content

Chromosoma

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-400

  Greilhuber, Johann ^a   Doležel, Jaroslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA CONTENT; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPOROPHYTE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLANTS; PLOIDIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 67349188149     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-009-0205-9     Document Type: Article

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