Volume-based pollen size analysis: An advanced method to assess somatic and gametophytic ploidy in flowering plants

Plant Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-81

  De Storme, Nico ^a   Zamariola, Linda ^a   Mau, Martin ^b   Sharbel, Timothy F ^b   Geelen, Danny ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

2n Gametes; Arabidopsis thaliana; Boechera polyantha; Microsporogenesis; Ploidy determination; Pollen size; Volume based particle size analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT GAMETOGENESIS; PLOIDY; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; TETRAPLOIDY;

ALLELES; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; CELL SIZE; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETOGENESIS, PLANT; MUTATION; PLOIDIES; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; TETRAPLOIDY;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOECHERA; BRASSICA NAPUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84878115070     PISSN: 21947953     EISSN: 21947961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-012-0209-0     Document Type: Article

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