Cytology and cytogenetics as a fundamental taxonomic resource for the 20th and 21st centuries

Taxon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-477

  Stace, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosystematics; Chromosomes; Classification; Cytogenetics; Cytology; G enome; Karyotype; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033849979     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1224344     Document Type: Review

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