Unexpected DNA content in the endosperm of Cupressus dupreziana A. Camus seeds and its implications in the reproductive process

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Pichot, Christian ^a   Borrut, Agnès ^a   El Maâtaoui, Mohamed ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Cupressus dupreziana; DNA content; Endosperm; Flow cytometry; Gymnosperm; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PLANT GENETICS;

CUPRESSUS ATLANTICA; CUPRESSUS DUPREZIANA; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0031878290     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050132     Document Type: Article

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