Encasement in plant morphology: An integrative approach from genes to organisms

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1207-1221

  Lacroix, Christian ^a   Jeune, Bernard ^b   Barabé, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic morphology; Encasement; Molecular genetics; Repeating polymorphic sets; Typology

Indexed keywords

GENES; MORPHOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORGAN CATEGORIES; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; REPEATING POLYMORPHIC SETS (RPS);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOTANY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY;

ANATOMY; GENES; PLANTS;

EID: 33645669325     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-101     Document Type: Review

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