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Estimation of nuclear DNA content of cultivated Ocimum species by using flow cytometry

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2010

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58

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Koroch, A.R., CUNY, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Deptment of Science, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007, United States
Wang, W., Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Michael, T.P., Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Dudai, N., Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
Simon, J.E., Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States, New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Product Program (NUANPP), School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
Belanger, F.C., Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States, New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Product Program (NUANPP), School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States

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Ocimum spp. are cultivated worldwide for culinary and medicinal uses. Some species are the subjects of improvement in breeding programs while others are still collected from the wild. Polyploidy and dysploidy are common features of the cultivated species. Taxonomical confusion has arisen in the classification of Ocimum spp., in part due to the ease with which many of the species intercross and the morphological similarities between several of the species. Flow cytometry is a fast and easy method to measure nuclear DNA content and could be a useful tool to assess germplasm accessions in a breeding program. Here we report the first estimates of nuclear DNA content of eight Ocimum spp., as determined by flow cytometry. The 2C nuclear DNA content ranged from 928 (O. campechianum) to 5515 Mbp (O. americanum). The nuclear DNA content levels may be useful for better understanding of the taxonomical relationships among species. © 2010 Science From Israel / LPPltd.

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