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. 2005 Jan;95(1):255–260. doi: 10.1093/aob/mci019

Table 1.

Outline of the terminological proposal relating to genome, genome size and C-value

Genome status
Monoploid
Holoploid
Chromosome number designation x n
Covering term for genomic DNA content Genome size Genome size
Kinds of genome size Monoploid genome size Holoploid genome size
Short terms Cx-value C-value
Short terms quantified 1Cx, 2Cx, etc. 1C, 2C, etc.