Biased gene conversion is not occurring among rDNA repeats in the Brassica triangle

Genome

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-154

  Waters, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Schaal, Barbara A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Allotetraploids; Brassica; Gene conversion; rDNA

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA SPP.;

EID: 0030056743     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g96-020     Document Type: Article

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