Early inflorescence development in the grasses (Poaceae)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Kellogg, Elizabeth A ^a   Camara, Paulo E A S ^b   Rudall, Paula J ^c   Ladd, Philip ^d   Malcomber, Simon T ^e   Whipple, Clinton J ^f   Doust, Andrew N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APO1; Branching; Phyllotaxis; Phylogeny; Shoot apical meristem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893432128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00250     Document Type: Article

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