Characterisation of the low-chromosome number grass colpodium versicolor (stev.) schmalh. (2n = 4) by molecular cytogenetics

Caryologia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Violetta, Kotseruba ^a   Pistrick, Klaus ^b   Gernand, Dorota ^b   Meister, Armin ^b   Houben, Andreas ^b   Ghukasyan, Anahit ^c   Gabrielyan, Ivan ^c  

^a KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c National Botanical Institute of Armenia   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Dysploid reduction; Genome evolution; Low chromosome number species; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

COLPODIUM VERSICOLOR; POACEAE; TRICHOPODA; ZINGERIA TRICHOPODA;

EID: 33751212156     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2005.10589457     Document Type: Article

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