High-throughput analysis of meiotic crossover frequency and interference via flow cytometry of fluorescent pollen in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2119-2134

  Yelina, Nataliya E ^a   Ziolkowski, Piotr A ^a,b   Miller, Nigel ^a   Zhao, Xiaohui ^a   Kelly, Krystyna A ^a   Muñoz, Daniela F ^c   Mann, David J ^d   Copenhaver, Gregory P ^c   Henderson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FANCM ZIP4 GENE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAIN; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; PLANT GENE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886992528     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.131     Document Type: Article

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