Physical mapping of 45S rRN A gene loci in the cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) using fluorescence in situ hybridization

Caryologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Hoshi, Y ^a   Plader, W ^b   Malepszy, S ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cucumber; FISH; NORs; Physical mapping; RDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039604280     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10589153     Document Type: Article

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