Environmental and molecular analysis of the floral transition in the lower eudicot Aquilegia formosa

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ballerini, Evangeline S ^a,b   Kramer, Elena M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA FORMOSA; ARABIDOPSIS; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 84859196060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-2-4     Document Type: Article

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