New chromosome number and unreduced pollen formation in Achillea species (Asteraceae)

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Sheidai, M ^a   Azanei, N ^a   Attar, F ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achillea sp.; Chromosome numnber; Cytology; Pollen formation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA BIEBERSTEINII; ACHILLEA ERIOPHORA; ACHILLEA OXYODONTA; ACHILLEA TALAGONICA; ACHILLEA TENUIFOLIA; ACHILLEA VERMICULARIS; ACHILLEA WILHELMSII; ALLOPOLYPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DIPLOIDY; GRAIN; HEXAPLOIDY; IRAN; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; TETRAPLOIDY;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA BIEBERSTEINII; ACHILLEA ERIOPHORA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ACHILLEA TALAGONICA; ACHILLEA WILHELMSII; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 77951859964     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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