Sexuality, apomixis, ploidy levels, and genomic relationships among four Paspalum species of the subgenus Anachyris (Poaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 535-547

  Hojsgaard, Diego ^a   Schegg, Esteban ^a   Valls, José F M ^b   Martínez, Eric J ^a   Quarin, Camilo L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anachyris; Autoploidy; Interspecific hybrids; Paspalum

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GENOME; GRASS; HYBRID; POLYPLOIDY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY;

PASPALUM; PASPALUM MALACOPHYLLUM; PASPALUM SIMPLEX; POACEAE;

EID: 50649099681     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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