Glycerol-activated cellular division and biosynthetic activity during growth and morphogenesis of carpospore seedlings of Grateloupia doryphora (Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyta)

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-269

  Garcia Jimenez P ^a   Robaina, R R ^a   Luque, A ^a   Tsekos, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 0001188170     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-3-261.1     Document Type: Article

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