Meiotic chromosome organization and segregation in plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 371-395

  Dawe, R Kelly ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; Chromosome segregation; Kinetochore; Meiosis; Recombination nodule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031766190     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.371     Document Type: Article

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