Chromosomes form into seven groups in hexaploid and tetraploid wheat as a prelude to meiosis

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Martinez Perez, Enrique ^a,b   Shaw, Peter ^a   Aragon Alcaide, Luis ^a,c   Moore, Graham ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Pairing; Ph1; Polyploidy; Telomeres; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES;

MEIOSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; MEIOSIS; POLYPLOIDY; TELOMERE; TRITICUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0141907769     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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