Microgeographic genome size differentiation of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, at 'Evolution Canyon', Israel

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 529-535

  Bureš, Petr ^a   Pavlíček, Tomáš ^b   Horová, Lucie ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

'Evolution Canyon'; Carob; Ceratonia siliqua; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Genome size

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EVOLUTION CANYON; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL; WORLD;

CERATONIA SILIQUA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; ISRAEL; LEGUME; MICROCLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIPLOIDY; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; GENOME, PLANT; ISRAEL; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2542439659     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch074     Document Type: Article

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