Approximate bilateral symmetry in evaporation-induced polycrystalline structures from droplets of wheat grain leakages and fluctuating asymmetry as quality indicator

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-115

  Kokornaczyk, Maria Olga ^a   Dinelli, Giovanni ^a   Betti, Lucietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic stress; Bilateral symmetry; Biocrystallization method; Droplet evaporation method; Fluctuating asymmetry; Polycrystalline structures

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; FOOD QUALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMMETRY; VISCOSITY; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD QUALITY; GERMINATION; PLANT SEED; WHEAT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD QUALITY; GERMINATION; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872379635     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0999-9     Document Type: Article

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