Patterns of variation in meristem allocation across genotypes and species in monocarpic Brassicaceae

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 284-292

  Duffy, Natasha M ^a   Bonser, Stephen P ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 0032975796     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546723     Document Type: Article

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