Evolution of genome size in allium (alliaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-86

  Ohri, D ^a,b   Fritsch, R M ^a   Hanelt, P ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alliaceae; Allium; Evolution; Infrageneric classification; Nuclear DNA amount

Indexed keywords

ALLIACEAE; ALLIUM; ALLIUM LEDEBOURIANUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM URSINUM; ALLIUM VALIDUM; AMERALLIUM; AMERALLIUM LEDEBOURIANUM; AMERALLIUM URSINUM; BROMATORRHIZA; CALOSCORDUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; MELANOCROMMYUM; RHIZIRIDEUM;

EID: 0031959574     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00984728     Document Type: Article

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