Interspecific variations of nuclear DNA content and karyotype diversity in Ferocactus

Cytologia

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-56

  Das, A B ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Marrs, R H ^b   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEROCACTUS; FEROCACTUS HORRIDUS; FEROCACTUS LATISPINUS; FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI;

EID: 0034019662     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.65.49     Document Type: Article

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