Supernumerary chromosomes and their behaviour in meiosis of the holocentric Cuscuta babylonica Choisy

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-176

  Pazy, Batia ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

holokinetic B chromosomes; inverted meiosis

Indexed keywords

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA BABYLONICA;

EID: 0030895971     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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