Using flow cytometry to estimate pollen DNA content: Improved methodology and applications

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1067-1078

  Kron, Paul ^a   Husband, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

2n pollen; cell cycle; flow cytometry; genome size; nuclei extraction; Pollen; unreduced gametes

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLLEN; SONIC BOOM;

PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PLOIDY; POLLEN; PROCEDURES;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLOIDIES; POLLEN;

EID: 84866702763     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs167     Document Type: Article

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