Genome size variation and evolution in Veronica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 897-911

  Albach, Dirk C ^a   Greilhuber, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Annual life history; DNA content; Genome size; Independent contrasts; Nucleotype; Selfing; trnL F region; Veronica; Veroniceae

Indexed keywords

GENOME;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERONICA; VERONICEAE;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERONICA;

DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERONICA;

EID: 16544377223     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch219     Document Type: Article

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