Molecular cytogenetics (FISH, GISH) of Coccinia grandis: A ca. 3 myr-old species of cucurbitaceae with the largest Y/autosome divergence in flowering plants

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-118

  Sousa, A ^a   Fuchs, J ^b   Renner, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

5S and 45S rDNA; C Banding; FISH; GISH; Sex chromosome; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA 5S; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

COCCINIA GRANDIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84873735996     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345370     Document Type: Article

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