Cytocatalytic Evolution in Plants
Lewis WH. 1967. Cytocatalytic Evolution in Plants. The Botanical Review. 33(2):105 - 115
The study involved chromosome doubling in some plants, among them spring beauty (Claytonia virginiana -- collected in the Park). Autoploidy, tetraploidy, and polyploidy are referred to, suggesting that a greater role of such mutations in evolution than had been presumed.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lewis, Walter
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Chromosomes, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01700, Plant Studies, spring beauty (Claytonia virginiana)