An apospory-specific genomic region is conserved between Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) and Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-208

  Roche, Dominique ^b   Cong, Peisheng ^a   Chen, Zhenbang ^a   Hanna, Wayne W ^b   Gustine, David L ^b   Sherwood, Robert T ^b   Ozias Akins, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; PROBE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION;

CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM SQUAMULATUM;

EID: 0032873776     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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