Aberrant Classopollis pollen reveals evidence for unreduced (2n) pollen in the conifer family Cheirolepidiaceae during the Triassic-Jurassic transition

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Kürschner, Wolfram M ^a   Batenburg, Sietske J ^b   Mander, Luke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheirolepidiaceae; Evolution; Mass extinctions; Palynology; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CLASSOPOLLIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CONIFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84898218271     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1708     Document Type: Article

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