C-Banding Analyses of Bromus inermis Genomes
Metin Tunaa,
Kenneth P. Vogel*,b,
Kulvinder S. Gillc and
K. Arumuganathand
a Dep. of Field Crops, Tekirdag Agric. Faculty, Univ. of Trakya, Tekirdag, Turkey
b USDA-ARS, Wheat, Sorghum, and Forages Res. Unit, 344 Keim Hall, Univ. of Nebraska, P.O. Box 830937, Lincoln, NE 68507-0937
c Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-6420
d Flow and Image Cytometry Core Laboratories, Benaroya Research Inst. at Virginia Mason, 1201 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101

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Fig. 1. C-banded mitotic metaphase chromosomes of the tetraploid Bromus inermis (2n = 28). Scale Bar is 10 µm in length.
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Fig. 2. Karyotype of tetraploid Bromus inermis (PI 440204) based on C-banding and chromosome morphology. Scale Bar is 10 µm in length.
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Fig. 3. C-banded mitotic metaphase chromosomes of octaploid Bromus inermis L. (2n = 56, Lincoln bromegrass). Scale Bar is 10 µm in length.
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Fig. 4. Karyotype of octaploid Bromus inermis L. (Lincoln bromegrass) based on C-banding and chromosome morphology. Scale Bar is 10 µm in length.
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