Pre-meiotic bands and novel meiotic spindle ontogeny in quadrilobed sporocytes of leafy liverworts (Jungermannidae, Bryophyta)

Protoplasma

Volumn 237, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Brown, Roy C ^a   Lemmon, Betty E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Cytoskeleton; Meiosis; Microtubules; Polarity; Sporogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; LIVERWORT; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOSS;

BRYOPHYTA; HEPATOPHYTA; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; SPORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CEPHALOZIA MACROSTACHYA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TELARANEA;

EID: 70450210831     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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