GC Content in Plant Genomes

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Authors

BUREŠ Petr ŠMARDA Petr HRALOVÁ Ivana FUNES-SORIANO Sara LYSÁK Martin ŘEPKA Radomír HELÁNOVÁ Klára ROTREKLOVÁ Olga PROCHÁZKOVÁ Jana ÚRADNÍČEK Luboš KŮROVÁ Jana

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Analytical Cytometry IV
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Botany
Keywords Genome size; base composition; Carex; Eleocharis; Festuca; Apiaceae; Brassicaceae; Epilobium; Salix
Description GC base pair content is an important character in the description of new taxa of prokaryotes, but its role in plant systematics and evolution is still poorly understood. Using flow cytometry methods (FCM) with PI and DAPI, we estimated base composition in Apiaceae (16 spp.), Brassicaceae (30 spp.), Cyperaceae (135 spp.), Onagraceae (15 spp.), Poaceae (132 spp.) and Salicaceae (20 spp.), and found a significant positive correlation between GC content and genome size.
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