Evidence for maternal inheritance of the chloroplast genome in cultivated carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-672

  Vivek, B S ^a,b   Ngo, Q A ^a   Simon, P W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus; Maternal inheritance

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHLOROPLAST DNA; CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC VARIANCE; INBRED LINE; INHERITANCE; MALE FERTILITY; PLANT GENOME;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0032926228     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051119     Document Type: Article

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