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. 2005 Jan;95(1):111–118. doi: 10.1093/aob/mci006

Table 2.

Effects of heating on chromatin decondensation in Coffea liberica subsp. dewevrei nuclear fluorescence (CNF), petunia nuclear fluorescence (PNF), nuclear fluorescence ratio (NFR), coffee nuclear diameter (CND) and petunia nuclear diameter (PND)

Tree EB 65
Tree EB62

21 °C
70 °C
21 °C
70 °C
CNF 303·3a 399·0c 306·4a 373·6b
PNF 624·2b 779·0d 607·1a 726·4c
NFR 0·486a 0·512c 0·505b 0·514c
CND 161·4a 201·8d 166·6b 189·5c
PND 194·9a 228·6c 197·1a 215·9b

Fluorescence and diameter are expressed in channel units and recorded using propidium iodide as dye.

Numbers with different letters are significantly different (P < 0·05) according to Newman and Keuls test results.