Ethnobotany genomics - discovery and innovation in a new era of exploratory research

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Newmaster, Steven G ^a   Ragupathy, Subramanyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA; ECOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INDIA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; RESEARCH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649165461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-2     Document Type: Article

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