Misdivision analysis of centromere structure in maize

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5246-5255

  Kaszäs, Étienne ^a   Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Centromere; Meiosis; Misdivision; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029815977     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00910.x     Document Type: Article

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