Genome size scaling through phenotype space

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 759-766

  Knight, Charles A ^a   Beaulieu, Jeremy M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Genome size; Guard cell; LMA; Photosynthesis; Scaling; Stomata density

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CYTOLOGY; GENOME; GYMNOSPERM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATA;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED;

DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEEDS;

EID: 48849101345     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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