Time to flowering in brown midrib mutants of maize: An alternative approach to the analysis of developmental traits

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Vermerris, Wilfred ^a   Mcintyre, Lauren M ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib; Flowering; Maize; Pollen; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PLANT COMPONENTS; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033180580     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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