Diploid sporophytic tissue in the seed of Cupressus sempervirens L.

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 586-590

  Papageorgiou, Aristotelis C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b World Wildlife Fund for Nature Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cupressaceae; Cupressus sempervirens; Megagametophyte; Ploidy; Seed

Indexed keywords

DIPLOIDY; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOIDY; ISOENZYME; PHENOTYPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032415314     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884300     Document Type: Article

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