Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: Targets, trends and tomorrow

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-590

  Bennett, M D ^a   Leitch, I J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA C value; flow cytometry; nuclear genome size; Plant DNA C values Database

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; DATA SET; DATABASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PLANT GENOME;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT;

GENLISEA MARGARETAE; JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79952152627     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq258     Document Type: Article

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