Evolutionary Genomics of Ferns and Lycophytes

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 215-254

  Sessa, E B ^a   Der, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fern; Genomics; Lycophyte; Mitochondrial genome; Plastome; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959239837     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.abr.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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