Heteroplasmy of the chloroplast genome of Medicago sativa L. cv 'Regen S' confirmed by sequence analysis

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 685-690

  Fitter, J T ^a,c   Thomas, M R ^b   Rose, R J ^a   Steele Scott, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Heteroplasmy; Medicago sativa L.; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030476090     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224063     Document Type: Article

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