Chromosomal sex determination and heterochromatin structure in date palm

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Siljak Yakovlev, S ^a   Benmalek, S ^b   Cerbah, M ^a   De La Peña, T Coba ^c,d   Bounaga, N ^b   Brown, S C ^c   Sarr, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA)   (Algeria)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; In situ hybridization; Phoenix dactylifera; Sex chromosomes; Sex differentiating chromocentres

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 0029817989     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221391     Document Type: Article

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