Tolerance to environmental desiccation in moss sperm

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 741-750

  Shortlidge, Erin E ^a   Rosenstiel, Todd N ^a   Eppley, Sarah M ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Ceratodon purpureus; Sexual reproduction; Sperm; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BRYOPHYTE; CELL ORGANELLE; DATA SET; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOSS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPERM; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRYOPHYTA; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM ARGENTEUM; CAMPYLOPUS INTROFLEXUS; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS;

EID: 84859622322     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04106.x     Document Type: Article

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