Evolutionary implications of meiotic chromosome behavior, reproductive biology, and hybridization in 6x and 9x cytotypes of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Norrmann, Guillermo A ^a   Quarín, Camilo L ^a   Keeler, Kathleen H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon; big bluestem; cytogenetics; North American prairies; Poaceae; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE;

EID: 0030908927     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446081     Document Type: Article

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