Wood ontogeny as a model for studying heterochrony, with an example of paedomorphosis in Moringa (Moringaceae)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-158

  Olson, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evolution; Heterochrony; Moringa; Moringaceae; Neoteny; Ontogeny; Paedomorphosis; Peramorphosis; Phylogeny; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

MORINGA; MORINGA LONGITUBA; MORINGA RUSPOLIANA; MORINGACEAE;

EID: 34248156832     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200006002180     Document Type: Article

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