Quantitative testing of the methodology for genome size estimation in plants using flow cytometry: A case study of the Primulina genus

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Wang, Jing ^a   Liu, Juan ^a   Kang, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genome size; Gesneriaceae; Methodology; Primulina

Indexed keywords

GESNERIACEAE; PRIMULINA;

EID: 84934874007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00354     Document Type: Article

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