Intra- and interspecific chromosome polymorphisms in cultivated Cichorium L. species (Asteraceae)

Endive (Cichorium endivia L.) and chicory (C. intybus L.) both have 2n = 18, but until now, there has been no detailed karyomorphological characterization. The present work evaluated five accessions of each species using FISH with rDNA probes and fluorochrome staining with CMA and DAPI. Both species...

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Main Authors: Ebenézer C.S. Bernardes, Ana M. Benko-Iseppon, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Reginaldo Carvalho, Ana C. Brasileiro-Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2013-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572013000300010&lng=en&tlng=en