"x" is not a bias, but a number with real biological significance

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1238-1241

  Peruzzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

base number; basic chromosome number; Chromosome number; cytology; cytotaxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890805170     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.861533     Document Type: Article

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