Isolation of plant nuclei suitable for flow cytometry from species with extremely mucilaginous compounds: An example in the genus Viola L. (Violaceae)

Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-154

  Cires, Eduardo ^a   Cuesta, Candela ^a,b   Casado, María Ángeles Fernández ^a   Nava, Herminio S ^a   Vázquez, Víctor M ^c   Prieto, José Antonio Fernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome number; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Mucilaginous compounds; Nuclear DNA content; Ploidy levels; Section melanium; Section viola

Indexed keywords

VIOLACEAE;

EID: 84855808655     PISSN: 02111322     EISSN: 19883196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2273     Document Type: Article

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