Seasonal variation in the frequency of abnormal anaphases and mitotic index values in wild populations of herb-Paris (Paris quadrifolia L., Trilliaceae): Implications for genetic monitoring

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 534, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Lazutka, Juozas R ^a   Stapulionyte, Asta ^a   Bjerketvedt, Dag K ^b   Odland, Arvid ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abnormal anaphases; Genetic monitoring; Mitotic index; Paris quadrifolia

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ECOLOGY; HERB; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

ANAPHASE; ANGIOSPERMS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS, POPULATION; LITHUANIA; MITOTIC INDEX; SEASONS;

MELANTHIACEAE; PARIS QUADRIFOLIA;

EID: 0037427856     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00247-4     Document Type: Article

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