An unusually high heterochromatin content and large genome size in the palm tree Trithrinax campestris (Arecaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-382

  Gaiero, P ^a   Mazzella, C ^a   Vaio, M ^a,d   Barros E Silva, A E ^b   Santinaque F F ^c   Lopez Carro B ^c   Folle, G A ^c   Guerra, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

45S rDNA sites; CMA DAPI bands; Cryosophileae

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

URUGUAY;

ARECACEAE; CORYPHOIDEAE; TRITHRINAX CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84862986979     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT12029     Document Type: Article

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