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Polymorphism for cyanogenesis in British bracken (Pteridium aquilinum, subsp. aquilinum var. aquilinum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

A. F. Dyer
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, U.K.
P. R. H. Hadfield
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, U.K.

Abstract

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Type
Abstracts of Poster Demonstrations
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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