Within- and between-individual length heterogeneity of the rDNA-IGS in Miscanthus sinensis var. glaber (Poaceae): Phylogenetic analyses

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1088-1093

  Chou, Chang Hung ^a   Chiang, Yu Chung ^a   Chiang, Tzen Yuh ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Hybridization; IGS; Length heterogeneity; Miscanthus sinensis var. glaber; rDNA

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; CROSSING OVER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INTERGENIC SPACER; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPACER DNA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS F. GLABER; POACEAE;

EID: 0033499910     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-057     Document Type: Article

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