Analysis of the taxonomic subdivision within the genus Helleborus by nuclear DNA content and genome-wide DNA markers

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Meiners, Julia ^a   Debener, Thomas ^a   Schweizer, Guenther ^b   Winkelmann, Traud ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLP; Chromosome number; Helleborus; Nuclear DNA content; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HERB; IODIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

HELLEBORUS; RANUNCULACEAE; VERATRUM;

EID: 79151479472     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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