Cytogenetic studies on Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a living fossil species

Genetica

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-276

  He, Zican ^a   Li, Jianqiang ^a   Cai, Qing ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Huang, Hongwen ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

chromosome configuration and behavior; ecological adaptation; evolution; meiosis; Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POLLEN;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MEIOSIS; PLANTS; POLLEN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES;

EID: 8544263883     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-004-0926-x     Document Type: Article

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