A- or C-chromosomes, does it matter for the transfer of transgenes from Brassica napus

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 750-754

  Tomiuk, J ^a,c   Hauser, T P ^b   Bagger Jorgensen R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Inst of Anthropol and Hum Genet   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Chromosome variation; Gene transfer; Oilseed rape; Risk assessment; Safe integration

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; BACKCROSSING; C CHROMOSOME; DIPLOIDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MODEL; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; INTROGRESSION; TETRAPLOIDY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0034006873     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051348     Document Type: Article

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