Bringing the multicellular fern meristem into focus

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 790-793

  Ambrose, Barbara A ^a   Vasco, Alejandra ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apical initial; Class I KNOX genes; Ferns; Lycophytes; Meristems

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA;

PLANT PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY; FERN; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

FERNS; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84954286732     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13825     Document Type: Letter

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