Karyotype analysis in Brachiaria (Poaceae) species

Cytobios

Volumn 2001, Issue 407, 2001, Pages 157-171

  Bernini, Célio ^a   Marin Morales, Maria A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachiaria; Chromosome; Cytogenetics; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLOIDY; POACEAE;

CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KARYOTYPING; PLOIDIES; POACEAE;

EID: 0035228603     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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