Nuclear DNA content variation in seeds from 22 half-sib families of jack pine (Pinus banksiana, Pinaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1351-1361

  Wyman, Janet ^a   Laliberté, Sylvie ^a   Tremblay, M Francine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Embryos; Flow cytometry; Germination; Megagametophyte; Nucleotypic hypothesis; Pinaceae; Pinus banksiana; Variability

Indexed keywords

PARAGNETINA; PINACEAE; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0030804367     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446133     Document Type: Article

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