Dormancy/nondormancy cycles in spores of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos texanus

Bryologist

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  McLetchie, D Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPHAEROCARPOS TEXANUS;

EID: 0032895741     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3244453     Document Type: Article

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