Recombination occurs uniformly within the bronze gene, a meiotic recombination hotspot in the maize genome

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1633-1646

  Dooner, Hugo K ^a   Martfnez Férez, Isabel M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; YEAST;

EID: 2642710921     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.9.1633     Document Type: Article

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