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In situ nuclear DNA amount varied significantly between 23 varieties ofCapsicum annuum. Mean values of nuclear DNA showed no correlation with chromosome length. Somatic chromosome number is constant 2n=24 in all the varieties.
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Mukherjee, S., Sharma, A.K. Intraspecific variation of nuclear DNA inCapsicum annuum L.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 100, 1–6 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053461
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