Polyploidy in Crataegus and Mespilus (Rosaceae, Maloideae): Evolutionary inferences from flow cytometry of nuclear DNA amounts

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1268-1304

  Talent, Nadia ^a   Dickinson, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Crataegus; Flow cytometry; Gillenia; Mespilus; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; DNA;

APOMIXIS; CRATAEGUS; GILLENIA; MESPILUS; TAXONOMIC SERIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APOMIXIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY;

CHROMOSOMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

CRATAEGUS; GILLENIA; MALOIDEAE; MESPILUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33645683476     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-088     Document Type: Article

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