title: Flow-cytometric characterization and sorting of plant chromosomes.
abstract: Flow cytometric measurements of DNA frequency distribution were used to follow the synchronization process in suspension cells from Haplopappus gracilis (2n=4). Metaphase chromosomes were isolated from these synchronized cells and both the acro- and metacentric chromosomes were sorted by flow cytometry based on the different DNA contents. Possible applications of this procedure in fundamental genetics as well as practical plant breeding are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute ITAL, Postbus 48, NL-6700, AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Laat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blaas