Open AccessNew Record Holders for Maximum Genome Size in Eudicots and Monocots
Author(s) -
B. J. M. Zonneveld
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2090-0139
pISSN - 2090-0120
DOI - 10.1155/2010/527357
Subject(s) - eudicots , biology , genome , botany , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , taxonomy (biology)
This paper presents the largest genome sizes reported so far for angiosperms: for the monocots Trillium hagae (Melanthiaceae) 2C=264.9 pg and for the eudicots Viscum album (Santalaceae) with 2C=205.8 pg. They were found during ongoing measurements of nuclear DNA content in more than 4000 accessions. Moreover, it is demonstrated that both of the values for the largest genome size so far for the monocots of Fritillaria assyriaca and for the eudicots of Viscum cruciatum need to be corrected
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