Pure polyploidy: Closing the gaps in autopolyploid research

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 340-352

  Spoelhof, Jonathan P ^a,b   Soltis, Pamela S ^a,b   Soltis, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

autopolyploidy; genome; niche divergence; plant; transcriptome; unreduced gamete

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020728700     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12253     Document Type: Review

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