Gender determination and mating system in the autotetraploid fern Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-193

  Aragón, Cristina F ^a,b   Pangua, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asplenium; Gametophyte; Reproductive biology; Sex expression

Indexed keywords

FERN; GAMETOPHYTE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ASPLENIUM; ASPLENIUM SEPTENTRIONALE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 1242321582     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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