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Cytogenetic and electrophoretic evidence for a polyploid origin of the basic chromosome number x = 14 in the genusAsphodelus (Liliaceae)

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Cytogenetic and electrophoretic analyses on 2n = 28 strains ofAsphodelus cerasiferus strongly suggest that the basic number x = 14 of the genusAsphodelus is of secondary polyploid origin from x = 7.

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    M. Ruiz Rejón & J. L. Oliver

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Rejón, M.R., Oliver, J.L. Cytogenetic and electrophoretic evidence for a polyploid origin of the basic chromosome number x = 14 in the genusAsphodelus (Liliaceae). Pl Syst Evol 136, 259–265 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01004630

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