Coevolution of apomixis and genome size within the genus Hypericum

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-58

  Matzk, Fritz ^a   Hammer, Karl ^b   Schubert, Ingo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Evolution; Genome size; Hypericum; Retroelements

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM SCABRUM;

EID: 0043071436     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-003-0174-8     Document Type: Article

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