Microsporogenesis in a Citrus interspecific tetraploid somatic hybrid and its fusion parents

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-377

  Fatta Del Bosco, Sergio ^a   Tusa, Nicasio ^a   Conicella, Clara ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lemon; Meiosis; Orange; Somatic hybridization; Unreduced pollen

Indexed keywords

CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; HYBRID; MEIOSIS; PLANT GENETICS; TETRAPLOIDY;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; VALENCIA;

EID: 0344500794     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885770     Document Type: Article

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