Molecular characterization of a gender-linked DNA marker and a related gene in Mercurialis annua L.

Planta

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1063-1070

  Khadka, Deepak Kumar ^a,b   Nejidat, Ali ^a   Tal, Moshe ^a   Golan Goldhirsh, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecious; DNA marker; Mercurialis; Retrotransposon; Sex

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUPHORBIA; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYPLOIDY; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, PLANT; EUPHORBIACEAE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYPLOIDY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

ANANAS COMOSUS; MERCURIALIS; MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 28244459985     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0046-6     Document Type: Article

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