Three-dimensional geometric morphometrics for studying floral shape variation

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 423-426

  van der Niet, Timotheüs ^a,b   Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^b   León, Marcia S Ponce de ^b   Johnson, Steven D ^a   Linder, H Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BOTANY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOSPERMS; BOTANY; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77955274604     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.05.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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