Apomixis technology and the paradox of sex

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-89

  Van Dijk, Peter ^a   Van Damme, Jos ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROSIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0034142132     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01545-9     Document Type: Note

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