Karyotype polymorphism in the cycad Zamia loddigesii (Zamiaceae) of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-83

  Vovides, Andrew P ^a   Olivares, Mariana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Centric fusion fission; chromosomes; cycads; evolution; karyotype

Indexed keywords

ZAMIA LODDIGESII;

EID: 0029902841     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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