The organization of genes tightly linked to the Ha locus in Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor to wheat

Genome

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-338

  Turnbull, K M ^a,b   Turner, M ^b   Mukai, Y ^c   Yamamoto, M ^d   Morell, M K ^a   Rahman, S ^a   Appels, R ^a,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kansai Women's College   (Japan)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BAC library; Chromosome 5D; GSP 1; Puroindolines; Tauschii

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRITICUM;

AEGILOPS TAUSCHII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037572275     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g02-124     Document Type: Article

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