Nuclear ribosomal DNA unit length variation: A putative marker of genetic diversity in Jojoba

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 296-302

  Amarger, Valérie ^a,c   Mercier, Louis ^a,b  

^a LRPV   (France)

^b UFR Sci Pharmaceutiques d'I   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

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SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0001261428     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297348     Document Type: Article

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