Cytogenetics and embryology of Eupatorium laevigatum (Compositae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-128

  Bertasso Borges, Maristela Sanches ^a,b   Coleman, James Robert ^c  

^a Centro Universitario de Rio Preto   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario de Votuporanga   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Asteraceae; Eupatorium; Plant cytogenetics; Plant embryology

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYOLOGY; EUPATORIUM; HEXAPLOIDY; MICROSPOROGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN;

ANTENNARIA; ASTERACEAE; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM LAEVIGATUM; POLYGONUM;

EID: 30644459743     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000100022     Document Type: Article

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