Three stages of meiotic homologous chromosome pairing in wheat: Cognition, alignment and synapsis

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 324-331

  Schwarzacher, Trude ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome painting; Chromosome pairing; Genomic in situ hybridization; Meiosis; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031439163     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050106     Document Type: Article

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