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Karyotype diversity and 2C DNA content in species of the Caesalpinia group.
BMC genetics - 11 Apr 2018
Rodrigues Polliana Silva, Souza Margarete Magalhães, Melo Cláusio Antônio Ferreira, Pereira Telma Nair Santana, Corrêa Ronan Xavier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Leguminosae family is the third-largest family of angiosperms, and Caesalpinioideae is its second-largest subfamily. A great number of species (approximately 205) are found in the Caesalpinia group within this subfamily; together with these species' phenotypic plasticity and the similarities in their morphological descriptors, make this a complex group for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. The...
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