Ribosomal DNA, heterochromatin, and correlation with genome size in diploid and polyploid North American endemic sagebrushes (Artemisia, Asteraceae)

Genome

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1012-1024

  Garcia, Sònia ^a   Garnatje, Teresa ^a   Pellicer, Jaume ^b   McArthur, E Durant ^c   Siljak Yakovlev, Sonja ^d   Vallès, Joan ^b  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Allopolyploidy; Arabidopsis type telomere; Autopolyploidy; Chromomycin; Compositae; DAPI; FISH; Fluorochrome banding; Genome organization; Tridentatae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA BIGELOVII; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 70849113811     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G09-077     Document Type: Article

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