Evolution of genome size in Carex (Cyperaceae) in relation to chromosome number and genomic base composition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-94

  Lipnerová, Ivana ^a   Bureš, Petr ^a   Horová, Lucie ^a   Šmarda, Petr ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agmatoploidy; AT GC ratio; chromosomal fusion and fission; chromosome numbers; DNA content; flow cytometry; GC content; karyotype; phylogeny; polyploidy; symploidy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CLADISTICS; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GENOMICS; KARYOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; SEDGE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CYPERACEAE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; PROBABILITY;

BASE COMPOSITION; CAREX PLANT; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY;

CAREX; CAREX FIRMA; CAREX SECALINA; CYPERACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84871751249     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs239     Document Type: Article

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