What do we know about charophyte (streptophyta) life cycles?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 860-867

  Haig, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternation of generations; Chara; Charophyte; Closterium; Coleochaete; Meiosis; Spirogyra; Syngamy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHARA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CLOSTERIUM; CLOSTERIUM EHRENBERGII; COLEOCHAETE; COLEOCHAETE SCUTATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SIROGONIUM; SPIROGYRA; STREPTOPHYTA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 77957293475     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00874.x     Document Type: Review

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