Correlation between GC content ond genome size in plants

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Authors

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

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Cytometry
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Botany
Keywords flow cytometry; AT/GC genomic ratio; base composition
Description No apparent correlation exist between GC content and genome size across major lineages of angiosperms. A significant positive correlation was found between GC content and genome size in closely related taxa. The relationship between GC content is probably hidden in events of polyploidization.
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