Computer-assisted morphometry: A new method for assessing and distinguishing morphological variation in wild and domestic seed populations

Economic Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-172

  Rovner, Irwin ^a   Gyulai, Ferenc ^b  

^a Binary Analytical Consultants   (United States)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Domestication index; Morphometry; Sampling; Seeds; Typology; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447266155     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2007)61[154:CMANMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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