The origin, evolution and proposed stabilization of the terms 'genome size' and 'C-value' to describe nuclear DNA contents.

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  2005

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  Annals of Botany

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/AOB/MCI019PMID 15596473PMCID PMC4246724
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