Change of season-specific telomere lengths in Ginkgo biloba L.

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 819-824

  Song, Han ^a   Liu, Di ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Ying, Zehua ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Li, Fenglan ^a   Lu, Hai ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Annual development cycle; Gender; Ginkgo biloba L.; TRF length

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; TREE GROWTH; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TREE;

GINKGO (GENUS); GINKGO BILOBA;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; GINKGO BILOBA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 77950882426     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9627-y     Document Type: Article

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