The transference of apomixis genes from Manihot neusana Nassar to cassava, M. esculenta Crantz

Hereditas

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-170

  Nassar, Nagib M A ^a   Santos, Evie Dos ^a   David, Sandra R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MANIHOT NEUSANA;

EID: 0343090415     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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