The fundamental relevance of morphology and morphogenesis to plant research

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-582

  Sattler, Rolf ^a   Rutishauser, Rolf ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cladistics; Complementarity; Continuum morphology; Developmental genetics; Developmental hybridization; Developmental mosaics; Evolutionary plant biology; Homeosis; Homeotic mutants; Homology; Metamerism; Molecular plant genetics; Perspectivism; Plant ecology; Plant morphogenesis; Plant morphology; Plant physiology; Plant systematics; Process morphology; Process philosophy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BIOLOGY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030663784     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0474     Document Type: Review

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