Variation in karyotype and 4C DNA content in six species of Melocactus of the family cactaceae

Cytologia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Das, A B ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELOCACTUS; MELOCACTUS BAHIENSIS; MELOCACTUS CURVISPINUS; MELOCACTUS LONGISPINUS; MELOCACTUS MATANZANUS; MELOCACTUS ROBUSTISPINUS; MELOCACTUS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 0031744513     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.63.9     Document Type: Article

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