Repeated exposure to enhanced UV-B radiation in successive generations increases developmental instability (leaf fluctuating asymmetry) in a desert annual

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-442

  Midgley, G F ^a   Wand, S J E ^a   Musil, C F ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Desert; Development; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genetic damage; UV B stress

Indexed keywords

DESERT PLANT; DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LEAF; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

DIMORPHOTHECA SINUATA;

EID: 0031804364     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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