Cytotype diversity in the Sorbus complex (Rosaceae) in Britain: Sorting out the puzzle

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1185-1193

  Pellicer, Jaume ^a   Clermont, Sandra ^a   Houston, Libby ^b   Rich, Timothy C G ^c   Fay, Michael F ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apomixis; cytotype mixture; flow cytometry; genome size; hybridization; ploidy; polyploidy; whitebeam

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

APOMIXIS; CHROMOSOME; CYTOCHROME; DICOTYLEDON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KARYOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; PLOIDY; POLYPLOIDY; SORBUS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DIPLOIDY; DNA, PLANT; ENGLAND; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; KARYOTYPE; PLOIDIES; POLYPLOIDY; PROPIDIUM; SORBUS; WALES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ARIA; ROSACEAE; SORBUS;

EID: 84868027197     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs185     Document Type: Article

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