Genome size and DNA base composition of geophytes: The mirror of phenology and ecology?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-75

  Veselý, Pavel ^a   Bureš, Petr ^a   Šmarda, Petr ^a   Pavlíček, Tomáš ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

ecology; GC content; genome size evolution; geophytes; Life form; phenology; seed mass; stomatal length

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ANATOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOWERING; GENOME; GEOPHYTE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; PLANT STOMA; SEASON;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, PLANT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; SEASONS; SEEDS;

EID: 84555195252     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr267     Document Type: Article

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