PCC-like Induction of Mitosis in Chara Vulgaris Antheridia Initiating Differentiation of Spermatozoids in the Darkness

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Kwiatkowska, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antheridia; Chara vulgaris; Darkness; PCC like mitosis; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHARA; CHARA VULGARIS;

EID: 0042726571     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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