Dissecting plant meiosis using Arabidopsis thaliana mutants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 380, 2003, Pages 25-38

  Caryl, Anthony P ^a   Jones, Gareth H ^a   Franklin, F Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Meiosis; Meiotic mutant; Reduced fertility; T DNA; Transposon

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; TISSUE;

PLANT MEIOSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPAIR; GENES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037215695     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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