Cytological characterization of four meiotic mutants of Arabidopsis isolated from T-DNA-transformed lines

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Ross, K J ^a   Fransz, P ^a   Armstrong, S J ^a   Vizir, I ^b   Mulligan, B ^b   Franklin, F C H ^a   Jones, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Fertility; Meiosis; Mutants; T DNA

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031453945     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018497804129     Document Type: Article

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