Contact Zones: Natural Labs for Studying Evolutionary Transitions

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lexer, Christian ^a   van Loo, Marcela ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EUPHORBIA; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPAIN;

ECOSYSTEM; EUPHORBIACEAE; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN;

EID: 33744537782     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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