Chromosome pairing and unreduced gamete formation in nineteen pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars

Cytologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-265

  Sheidai, Masoud ^a   Noormohammadi, Zahra ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chiasma frequency; Chromosome pairing; Cluster analysis; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 28244489561     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.70.257     Document Type: Article

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