A universe of dwarfs and giants: Genome size and chromosome evolution in the monocot family Melanthiaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1484-1497

  Pellicer, Jaume ^a   Kelly, Laura J ^a,b   Leitch, Ilia J ^a   Zomlefer, Wendy B ^c   Fay, Michael F ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state; C value; Chromosomes; Liliales; Nuclear DNA content; Paris; Polyploidy; Trillium

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRAL STATE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; C-VALUE; CHROMOSOME; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; LILIALES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR DNA CONTENT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; PLOIDY; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRILLIUM;

ANCESTRAL STATE; C-VALUE; CHROMOSOMES; LILIALES; NUCLEAR DNA CONTENT; PARIS; POLYPLOIDY; TRILLIUM;

ANGIOSPERMS; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895067080     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12617     Document Type: Article

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