Inheritance and mapping of 2n-egg production in diploid alfalfa

Genome

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 528-537

  Barcaccia, G ^a   Albertini, E ^b   Rosellini, D ^b   Tavoletti, S ^c   Veronesi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medicago spp.; Meiotic mutants; Molecular markers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CROSSING; DIPLOIDY; EGG PRODUCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INHERITANCE; INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; LINKAGE GROUP; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; PLANT BREEDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SELFING; TETRAPLOIDY; TRIPLOIDY; WILD RELATIVE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. FALCATA;

EID: 0033868314     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g00-017     Document Type: Article

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