Studies on chiasma frequency and nuclear 4C DNA amount in seven species of Mammillaria

Cytobios

Volumn 1999, Issue 385, 1999, Pages 95-101

  Das, A B ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Cactus; Chiasma frequency; Mammillaria; Meiosis; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347665038     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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