biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 41:281-285, 1998 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1001843403536

Morphological and molecular variations in the epiphytic CAM fern Pyrrosia piloselloides

B.-L. Ong1, S.-H. Lim1, L.-C. Looi1
1 Department of Biological Sciences, The National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Variation in shape and size of mature sterile fronds of the epiphytic fern, Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) Price, was observed. These morphological differences were also linked to genotypic variations of the different fern populations studied. Genetic polymorphism in different populations of P. piloselloides was investigated using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers.

Keywords: frond morphology; genetic variation; RAPD DNA markers
Subjects: CAM, molecular variation; epiphytes, CAM; fern frond morphology; Pyrrosia piloselloides; random amplified polymorphic DNA, RAPD markers

Published: March 1, 1998  Show citation

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Ong, B.-L., Lim, S.-H., & Looi, L.-C. (1998). Morphological and molecular variations in the epiphytic CAM fern Pyrrosia piloselloides. Biologia plantarum41(2), 281-285. doi: 10.1023/A:1001843403536
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