Extra petals in the buttercup (Ranunculus repens) provide a quick method to estimate the age of meadows

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 785-788

  Warren, John ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buttercup; Conservation; Meadow; M ller's ratchet; Petal number; Pollen viability; Ranunculus repens; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANGIOSPERM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; HEDGEROW; MEADOW; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INHERITANCE; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN; RANUNCULACEAE; TIME;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; POLLEN; RANUNCULUS; TIME FACTORS;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS REPENS;

EID: 69249230917     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp139     Document Type: Article

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