Polyploidy and other changes at chromosomal level and in genome size: Its role in systematics and evolution exemplified by some genera of Anthemideae and Cardueae (Asteraceae)

Taxon

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 841-851

  Vallès, Joan ^a   Pellicer, Jaume ^b   Sánchez Jiménez, Ismael ^c   Hidalgo, Oriane ^a   Vitales, Daniel ^a   Garcia, Sònia ^a   Martín, Joan ^a   Garnatje, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Artemisia; Cheirolophus; Compositae; Dysploidy; Echinops; Genome size variation; Polyploidy; Rhaponticum group

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DICOTYLEDON; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; KARYOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ANTHEMIDEAE; ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; CARDUEAE; CHEIROLOPHUS; ECHINOPS (PLANT); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RHAPONTICUM;

EID: 84865563540     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.614009     Document Type: Review

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