Lessons from natural and artificial polyploids in higher plants

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 140, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 204-225

  Hegarty, M ^a   Coate, J ^d   Sherman Broyles, S ^e   Abbott, R ^b   Hiscock, S ^c   Doyle, J ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Glycine; Polyploidy; Senecio; Shock; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; GLYCINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ALLOPOLYPLOIDY; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENECIO; TRANSPOSON; GLYCINE (PLANT); PLANT METABOLISM; VASCULAR PLANT;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HYBRID VIGOR; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; SENECIO; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SENECIO;

EID: 84881156882     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353361     Document Type: Article

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