Genome size analyses of Pucciniales reveal the largest fungal genomes

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Tavares, Sílvia ^a,b   Ramos, Ana Paula ^c   Pires, Ana Sofia ^a,b   Azinheira, Helena G ^a,c   Caldeirinha, Patrícia ^d   Link, Tobias ^e   Abranches, Rita ^b   Silva, Maria do Céu ^a,c   Voegele, Ralf T ^e   Loureiro, João ^d   Talhinhas, Pedro ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Gymnosporangium confusum; Mycological cytogenomics; Nuclear DNA content; Rust fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907339465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00422     Document Type: Article

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