Revisiting the DNA C-values of the genome size-standards used in plant flow cytometry to choose the "best primary standards"

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1183-1191

  Praça Fontes, Milene Miranda ^a   Carvalho, Carlos Roberto ^b   Clarindo, Wellington Ronildo ^a   Cruz, Cosme Damião ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C value; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Genome size standards

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GARLIC; GENETICS; MAIZE; PLANT GENOME; RADISH; SOYBEAN; STANDARD; TOMATO;

ALLIUM; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; DROSOPHILA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RAPHANUS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PISUM SATIVUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM;

EID: 79958734440     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1026-x     Document Type: Article

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