Genetic control of B chromosome transmission rate in Zea mays ssp. mays (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1107-1112

  Rosato, Marcela ^a,b   Chiavarino, Amilcar M ^a,b   Naranjo, Carlos A ^a   Puertas, María J ^c   Poggio, Lidia ^a,b  

^a Inst Fitotecnico de S Catalina   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

B chromosome transmission rate; B chromosomes; genetic control of B transmission; maize; maize native races; Zea mays ssp. mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029913307     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446193     Document Type: Article

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