Frequency of somaclonal variation in plants of black spruce (Picea mariana, Pinaceae) and white spruce (P. glauca, Pinaceae) derived from somatic embryogenesis and identification of some factors involved in genetic instability

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1373-1381

  Tremblay, L ^a   Levasseur, C ^a   Tremblay, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosome counts; Conifers; Morphological variations; Picea; Pinaceae; Plagiotropism

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC INSTABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLAGIOTROPY; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0033300948     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656920     Document Type: Article

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