Genetic variability in six ecotypes of a mangrove, Acanthus ilicifolius L., as revealed by genome size and RAPD markers

Cytologia

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-139

  Jena, Satyanarayan ^a   Das, Anath Bandhu ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthus ilicifolius; Ecotypes; Genetic divergence; Karyotype; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Somatic chromosome

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 4544236808     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.69.131     Document Type: Article

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