Does actually mean chromosome number increase with latitude in vascular plants? An answer from the comparison of Italian, Slovak and Polish floras

We compared chromosome number (CN) variation among vascular floras of three different countries with increasing latitude in the Boreal hemisphere: Italy, Slovakia, Poland. Aim of the study was to verify whether the patterns of CN variation parallel the differences in latitudinal ranges. The three da...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Peruzzi, Grzegorz Góralski, Andrzej Joachimiak, Gianni Bedini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012-11-01
Series:Comparative Cytogenetics
Online Access:http://compcytogen.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1774