Evolutionary developmental genetics of floral symmetry: The revealing power of Linnaeus' monstrous flower

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Theißen, Günter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT STEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION; PLANT STEMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; LINARIA VULGARIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17544402361     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200003)22:3<209::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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