Molecular bases for parallel evolution of translucent bracts in an alpine "glasshouse" plant rheum alexandrae (Polygonaceae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Liu, Bing Bing ^a   Opgenoorth, Lars ^b   Miehe, Georg ^b   Zhang, Dong Yuan ^c   Wan, Dong Shi ^a   Zhao, Chang Ming ^a   Jia, Dong Rui ^a,d,e   Liu, Jian Quan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CDNA AFLPs; Glasshouse plants; Parallel evolution; Rheum alexandrae

Indexed keywords

POLYGONACEAE; RHEUM; RHEUM ALEXANDRAE; RHEUM NOBILE;

EID: 84876471733     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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