The impact of cell division and cell enlargement on the evolution of fruit size in Pyrus pyrifolia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-543

  Zhang, Caixi ^a,b   Tanabe, Kenji ^b   Wang, Shiping ^a   Tamura, Fumio ^b   Yoshida, Akira ^c   Matsumoto, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tottori Horticultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell enlargement; Domestication; Fruit size; Pear; Pyrus pyrifolia

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; SIZE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PEAR;

BREEDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; PYRUS;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 33748060204     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl144     Document Type: Article

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