Size increments due to interindividual fusions: How much and for how long?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-692

  Santelices, Bernabé ^a   Alvarado, Jorge L ^a   Flores, Verónica ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Axis differentiation; Coalescence; Gracilaria; Growth after fusion; Interindividual fusions; Marginal meristem; Mazzaella

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CHILENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA LAMINARIOIDES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77955241219     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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