Cell longevity and sustained primary growth in palm stems

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1891-1902

  Barry Tomlinson, P ^a   Huggett, Brett A ^b  

^a National Tropical Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Cell longevity; Genetics of life span; Palm anatomy; Senescence; Tree age

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOGENETICS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERSISTENCE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; STEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STEM; TREE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; CELL AGING; PLANT STEMS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; PLANTS; TREES;

EID: 84874922473     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200089     Document Type: Article

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