Heterozygosity and biomass production in Salix eriocephala

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 396-403

  Aravanopoulos, F A ^a,b   Zsuffa, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Fitness; Heterozygosity; Isoenzymes; Salix

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HETEROZYGOSITY;

SALIX ERIOCEPHALA;

EID: 0031742357     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884090     Document Type: Article

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