Plant evolution and development in a post-genomic context

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 607-619

  Cronk, Quentin C B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS;

EID: 0035430578     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35084556     Document Type: Review

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