4C DNA variations and karyotype diversity in nine species of Ferocactus B. and R.

Cytologia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Das, A B ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FEROCACTUS; FEROCACTUS EMORYI; FEROCACTUS GRACILIS; FEROCACTUS HISTRIX; FEROCACTUS PILOSUS;

EID: 0032922131     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.64.17     Document Type: Article

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