Transgene inheritance in plants

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-144

  Yin, Zhimin ^a,c   Pla̧der, Wojciech ^b   Malepszy, Stefan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Transgene inheritance; Transgene interactions; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GAMETE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; INHERITANCE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; SOMATIC CROSSING OVER; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM;

GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENES;

EID: 3042654595     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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