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Coniferous DNA was analyzed by ultraoentrifugation and thermal denaturation and renaturation to determine base composition and the presence of repetitive sequences. The percent quanine plus cytosine values among species were constant and independent of DNA quantity per cell, whereas the proportion of repetitive DNA per genome was greatest in those species that had the highest DNA content.
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Miksche, J.P., Hotta, Y. DNA Base composition and repetitious DNA in several conifers. Chromosoma 41, 29–36 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284072
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