Millennial timescale regeneration in a moss from Antarctica

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Roads, Esme ^a   Longton, Royce E ^a   Convey, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FREEZING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSS; TIME;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; FREEZING; GERM CELLS, PLANT; TIME FACTORS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84896527539     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.01.053     Document Type: Letter

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