A plant culture (BY-2) widely used in molecular and cell studies is genetically unstable and highly heterogeneous

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-471

  Kovarik, Ales ^a   Lim, Kar Yoong ^b   Soucková Skalická, Kamila ^a   Matyasek, Roman ^a   Leitch, Andrew R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Cell cycle; Evolution; Instability; Karyotype; Physiology; RDNA; TBY

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CULTIVAR; CYTOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; TOBACCO;

EID: 84867854742     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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