NORs in Rhoeo (Commelinaceae) revisited

Caryologia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Golczyk, Hieronim ^a   Joachimiak, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ag staining; Chromosomes; Heterochromatin; Karyotype; NORs; Rhoeo spathacea

Indexed keywords

COMMELINACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; RHOEO; TRADESCANTIA SPATHACEA;

EID: 0141708053     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2003.10589304     Document Type: Article

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