Ever since Klekowski: Testing a set of radical hypotheses revives the genetics of ferns and lycophytes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2036-2042

  Haufler, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Diploidization; Ferns; Genetics; Homoeologous; Lycophytes; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FERN; GENETICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VASCULAR PLANT;

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA;

EVOLUTION; FERN; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LYCOPODIACEAE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POLYPLOIDY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FERNS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM CELLS, PLANT; LYCOPODIACEAE; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84916237814     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400317     Document Type: Review

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