Comparative genome organization in plants: From sequence and markers to chromatin and chromosomes

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 617-635

  Heslop Harrison, J S ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ORGANIZATION; PLANT GENOME;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034094932     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.5.617     Document Type: Article

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