Nuclear genome size was estimated by flow cytometer in several grass species, mainly from Festuca-Lolium complex.
- diploid cultivar ‘Kolumbus’ (2n = 2x = 14) of F. pratensis
- tetraploid cultivar ‘Patra’ (2n = 4x = 28) of F. pratensis
- diploid cultivar ‘Prolog’ (2n = 2x = 14) of L. multiflorum
- tetraploid cultivar ‘Lubina’ (2n = 4x = 28) of L. multiflorum
- diploid cultivar ‘Handicap’ (2n = 2x = 14) of L. perenne
- tetraploid cultivar ‘Korok’ (2n = 4x = 28) of L. perenne
- hexaploid cultivar ‘Kora’ (2n = 6x = 42) of F. arundinacea
- fine-leaf fescues (F. henriquesii, F.ampla ssp. ampla, F. ampla Hack. ssp. transtagana Hack, F. brigantina, F. summilusitana, F. rubra L. ssp. rubra, F. rubra L. ssp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper, F. rubra L. ssp. litoralis (G. F. W. Meyer) Auquier, F.duriotagana var. barbata and F. paniculata ssp. multispiculata
Kopecký, D., Havránková, M., Loureiro, J., Castro, S., Lukaszewski, A.J., Bartoš, J., Kopecká, J. and Doležel, J. (2010). Physical distribution of homoeologous recombination in individual chromosomes of Lolium multiflorum/Festuca pratensis substitutions. Cytogenetic and Genome Research (accepted).
Loureiro, J. Kopecký, D., Castro, S., Santos, C. and Silveira, P. (2007). Flow cytometric and cytogenetic analyses of Iberian Peninsula fescues. Plant Systematics and Evolution 269: 89-105.
