Evidence for apomictic seed formation in Coprosma waima (Rubiaceae)

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-355

  Heenan, P B ^a   Dawson, M I ^a   Bicknell, R A ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms; Apomixis; C. parviflora; C. robusta; C. serrulata; C. waima; Coprosma; Flow cytometry; New Zealand flora; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

COPROSMA PARVIFLORA; COPROSMA ROBUSTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0036769825     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512795     Document Type: Article

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