An improved method of genome size estimation by flow cytometry in five mucilaginous species of Hyacinthaceae

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Nath, Sayantani ^a   Mallick, Sanjaya Kumar ^a,b   Jha, Sumita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b BD Biosciences   (India)

Author keywords

Drimia coromandeliana; Drimia indica; Drimia nagarjunae; Drimia wightii; Flow cytometry; Galbraith's buffer; Genome size; Hyacinthaceae; Ledebouria revoluta; Mucilage; Nuclei isolation

Indexed keywords

MUCILAGE; PLANT DNA;

ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; LILIACEAE; MUCILAGE; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA, PLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME SIZE; LILIACEAE; PLANT MUCILAGE; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84927672599     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22489     Document Type: Article

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