The structure and evolution of angiosperm nuclear genomes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME, PLANT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032035079     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80010-1     Document Type: Article

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