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Bennett, M.D. and I.J. Leitch (2005).  Genome size evolution in plants.  In: The Evolution of the Genome, edited by T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 89-162.

Cavalier-Smith, T. (1978). Nuclear volume control by nucleoskeletal DNA, selection for cell volume and cell growth rate, and the solution of the DNA C-value paradox. Journal of Cell Science 34: 247-278.

Cavalier-Smith, T. (1985). Cell volume and the evolution of eukaryotic genome size. In The Evolution of Genome Size (ed. T. Cavalier-Smith), pp. 104-184. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Cavalier-Smith, T. (1991). Coevolution of vertebrate genome, cell, and nuclear sizes. In Symposium on the Evolution of Terrestrial Vertebrates (ed. G. Ghiara et al.), pp. 51-86. Mucchi, Modena.

Gregory, T.R. (2000). Nucleotypic effects without nuclei: genome size and erythrocyte size in mammals. Genome 43: 895-901.

Gregory, T.R. (2001). Coincidence, coevolution, or causation? DNA content, cell size, and the C-value enigma. Biological Reviews 76: 65-101.

Gregory, T.R. (2001). The bigger the C-value, the larger the cell: genome size and red blood cell size in vertebrates. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 27: 830-843.

Gregory, T.R. (2002). A bird's-eye view of the C-value enigma: genome size, cell size, and metabolic rate in the class Aves.  Evolution 56: 121-130.

Gregory, T.R. (2003). Variation across amphibian species in the size of the nuclear genome supports a pluralistic, hierarchical approach to the C-value enigma.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 329-339.

Gregory, T.R. (2005).  Genome size evolution in animals.  In: The Evolution of the Genome, edited by T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 3-87.

Hardie, D.C. and P.D.N. Hebert (2003). The nucleotypic effects of cellular DNA content in cartilaginous and ray-finned fishes. Genome 46: 683-706.

Olmo, E. (1983). Nucleotype and cell size in vertebrates: a review.  Basic and Applied Histochemistry 27: 227-256.

Olmo, E. and A. Morescalchi (1975). Evolution of the genome and cell sizes in salamanders.  Experientia 31: 804-806.

Olmo, E. and A. Morescalchi (1978). Genome and cell size in frogs: a comparison with salamanders.  Experientia 34: 44-46.

Olmo, E. and G. Odierna (1982). Relationships between DNA content and cell morphometric parameters in reptiles.  Basic and Applied Histochemistry 26: 27-34.


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