Nucleolar dominance in triticales: Control by unlinked genes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Neves, N ^a   Silva, M ^a   Heslop Harrison, J S ^b   Viegas, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Nucleolar dominance; rDNA; Substitution lines; Triticale

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

EID: 0030890524     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018470208730     Document Type: Article

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