Research Article

Icelandic Birch Polyploids—The Case of a Perfect Fit in Genome Size

Table 2

Genome sizes of diploid, triploid and tetraploid Icelandic birch: mean 1C-values and average sizes between FDM and FCM.

Ploidy group1C (Mbp)Average size in pg (1C)
FDMFCMAverage size

Diploid441.4457.6447.80.46
Triploid670.8663.8666.10.68
Tetraploid879.2883.9881.80.90