The shoot apical meristem: An historical perspective

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1629-1633

  Steeves, Taylor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical meristem; Clonal analysis; Histogen; M rist me d'attente; Tunica corpus; Zonation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HISTOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SURGERY; TISSUE;

APICAL MERISTEM; CLONAL ANALYSIS; TUNICA-CORPUS; ZONATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SHOOT GROWTH; ZONATION;

SEEDS; TISSUE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34248324839     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-144     Document Type: Review

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