Reference standards for flow cytometry and application in comparative studies of nuclear DNA content
Tiersch TR;Chandler RW;Wachtel SS;Elias S;;
cytometry1989Vol. 10pp. -
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Abstract
Nuclear DNA mass in cells from a reference species can be used to obtain high-resolution estimates of DNA mass from a target species. In our study of DNA mass in cells from 45 selected species, representing each of the major vertebrate classes, we have obtained values of from 1.5 to 110.0 pg of DNA. …