Fitness of backcross and F2 hybrids between weedy Brassica rapa and oilseed rape (B. napus)

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 436-443

  Hauser, Thure P ^a   Jørgensen, Rikke B ^b   Østergård, Hanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Backcrosses; Brassicaceae; Controlled crosses; F2; Interspecific hybrids; Introgression

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; FITNESS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT VARIETY; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROP PLANT; FITNESS; HYBRID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD POPULATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0031772087     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884250     Document Type: Article

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