The origin, evolution and proposed stabilization of the terms 'genome size' and 'C-value' to describe nuclear DNA contents
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There is a need to maintain the term genome size in a broad sense as a covering term, because it is widely understood, short and phonetically pleasing, and a new unified terminology which can describe nuclear DNA contents with ease and without ambiguity is proposed.About:
This article is published in Annals of Botany.The article was published on 2005-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 612 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: C-value & Genome size.read more
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Estimation of nuclear DNA content in plants using flow cytometry.
TL;DR: Four protocols for sample preparation (suspensions of intact cell nuclei) and the analysis of nuclear DNA amounts using FCM are presented and the most frequent problems encountered with plant material such as the interference of secondary metabolites are described.
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Plant DNA flow cytometry and estimation of nuclear genome size.
Jaroslav Doležel,Jan Bartoš +1 more
TL;DR: Current procedures for estimation of absolute DNA amounts in plants using flow cytometry are reviewed, with special emphasis on preparation of nuclei suspensions, stoichiometric DNA staining and the use of DNA reference standards.
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The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions
Mariska te Beest,Mariska te Beest,Johannes J. Le Roux,David M. Richardson,Anne K. Brysting,Jan Suda,Jan Suda,Magdalena Kubešová,Magdalena Kubešová,Petr Pyšek,Petr Pyšek +10 more
TL;DR: Polyploidy can be an important factor in species invasion success through a combination of 'pre-adaptation', whereby polyploid lineages are predisposed to conditions in the new range and, therefore, have higher survival rates and fitness in the earliest establishment phase.
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The genome of Theobroma cacao
Xavier Argout,Jérôme Salse,Jean-Marc Aury,Jean-Marc Aury,Jean-Marc Aury,Mark J. Guiltinan,Gaëtan Droc,Jérôme Gouzy,Mathilde Allègre,Cristian Chaparro,Thierry Legavre,Siela N. Maximova,Michael Abrouk,Florent Murat,Olivier Fouet,Julie Poulain,Julie Poulain,Julie Poulain,Manuel Ruiz,Yolande Roguet,Maguy Rodier-Goud,Jose Fernandes Barbosa-Neto,François Sabot,Dave Kudrna,Jetty S.S. Ammiraju,Stephan C. Schuster,John E. Carlson,John E. Carlson,Erika Sallet,Thomas Schiex,Anne Dievart,Melissa Kramer,Laura Gelley,Zi Shi,Aurélie Bérard,Christopher Viot,Michel Boccara,Ange-Marie Risterucci,Valentin Guignon,Xavier Sabau,Michael J. Axtell,Zhaorong Ma,Yufan Zhang,Yufan Zhang,Spencer Brown,Mickael Bourge,Wolfgang Golser,Xiang Song,Didier Clément,Ronan Rivallan,Mathias Tahi,Joseph Moroh Akaza,Bertrand Pitollat,Karina Peres Gramacho,Angélique D'Hont,Dominique Brunel,Diógenes Infante,Ismael S. Kébé,Pierre Costet,Rod A. Wing,W. Richard McCombie,Emmanuel Guiderdoni,Francis Quetier,Olivier Panaud,Patrick Wincker,Patrick Wincker,Patrick Wincker,Stéphanie Bocs,Claire Lanaud +68 more
TL;DR: This work sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate, and proposed an evolutionary scenario whereby the ten T. cacao chromosomes were shaped from an ancestor through eleven chromosome fusions.
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The relationship between non-protein-coding DNA and eukaryotic complexity.
TL;DR: It is shown by analysis of sequenced genomes that the relative amount of non-protein-coding sequence increases consistently with complexity, and it is suggested that the informational paradox in complex organisms may be explained by the expansion of cis-acting regulatory elements and genes specifying trans-acting non- protein-c coding RNAs.
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