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Growth Measurements: Estimation of Cell Division and Cell Expansion

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Plant Cell Culture Protocols

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 877))

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The main parameters for the estimation of growth within in vitro cultures are reviewed. Procedures to measure these parameters are described, emphasizing in each case their convenience of use, depending on the features of the culture evaluated.

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  1. Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Gregorio Godoy-Hernández & Felipe A. Vázquez-Flota

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  1. Gregorio Godoy-Hernández
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Correspondence to Gregorio Godoy-Hernández .

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  1. , Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecula, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yu, Apartado Postal 87, Cordemex, Mérida, Mexico

    Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

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    Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

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Godoy-Hernández, G., Vázquez-Flota, F.A. (2012). Growth Measurements: Estimation of Cell Division and Cell Expansion. In: Loyola-Vargas, V., Ochoa-Alejo, N. (eds) Plant Cell Culture Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 877. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_4

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