Nutrient reserves may allow for genome size increase: Evidence from comparison of geophytes and their sister non-geophytic relatives

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1193-1200

  Veselý, Pavel ^a   Bureš, Petr ^a   Šmarda, Petr ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cx value; energy reserves; ephemeroids; flow cytometry; Genome size evolution; life form; spring geophytes; storage organ

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CELL ORGANELLE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GEOPHYTE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYLOGENETICS;

PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CX-VALUE; ENERGY RESERVES; EPHEMEROIDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION; LIFE FORM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT GENOME; PLANT ROOT; POLYPLOIDY; RETROPOSON; SEASON; SPRING GEOPHYTES; STORAGE ORGAN;

CX-VALUE; ENERGY RESERVES; EPHEMEROIDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION; LIFE FORM; SPRING GEOPHYTES; STORAGE ORGAN;

ANGIOSPERMS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; PLANT ROOTS; POLYPLOIDY; RETROELEMENTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84885002965     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct185     Document Type: Article

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