Dioecious Silene at the X-road: The reasons Y

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 245-249

  Monéger, Françoise ^a   Barbacar, Nicolae ^a   Negrutiu, Ioan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Sex chromosome evolution; Sex chromosomes; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

LYCHNIS; MELANDRIUM; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0033965614     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050009     Document Type: Article

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