Inheritance of a recessive character controlling reduced carotenoid pigmentation in carrot (Daucus carota L.)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 380-382

  Goldman, I L ^a   Breitbach, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CARROT; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0029858323     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023018     Document Type: Article

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