Plant Cytogenetics

Plant cytogenetics has progressed at a rapid rate since the publication of the first edition. Plant Cytogenetics, Second Edition presents an up-to-date review of cytogenetics. It covers the latest in the various classical and modern techniques in the handling of chromosomes, karyotype analysis, genetics of meiosis, genomic relationships, and chromosome manipulation. It includes new chapters on extra chromosomal inheritance and the mode of reproduction in plants, paricularly apomixis, as well as new sections on the molecular basis of heredity, genomic in situ hybridization, and the classical and molecular methods of genome analysis. The author also elaborates on the cytogenetic basis of somaclonal variation generated through cell and tissue culture.

• | Author: Ram J. Singh
• | Publisher: CRC Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 02, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 528 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/SCIENCE
• | ISBN-10: 1439884188
• | ISBN-13: 9781439884188