On the potential for evolutionary change in meristematic cell lineages through intraorganismal selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-688

  Pineda Krch, M ^a   Fagerstrom T ^a  

^a Ecology Building ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Evolution; Meristematic cell lineage; Mutation fixation; Somatic evolution

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT;

EID: 0033061622     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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