The Evolution of Diverse Floral Morphologies

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2017, Pages R941-R951

  Moyroud, Edwige ^a   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MAGNOLIOPSIDA;

EID: 85029166237     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.053     Document Type: Review

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