The contrasting effects of genome size, chromosome number and ploidy level on plant invasiveness: A global analysis

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 697-703

  Pandit, Maharaj K ^a   White, Steven M ^b,c   Pocock, Michael J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; DNA 1C value; Genomic traits; Holoploid genome size; Invasive; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; GENOME; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; SIGNAL;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

GENOME SIZE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; PLOIDY;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES;

EID: 84902544967     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12799     Document Type: Article

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