Cytogenetic characterization and genome size of the medicinal plant catharanthus roseus (L.) g. don

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guimarães, Guilherme ^a,b   Cardoso, Luísa ^a,c   Oliveira, Helena ^d   Santos, Conceição ^d   Duarte, Patrícia ^a   Sottomayor, Mariana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84893139733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/pls002     Document Type: Article

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