Apomixis: An enigma with potential applications

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1879-1893

  Bhat, V ^a   Dwivedi, K K ^b   Khurana, J P ^a   Sopory, S K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agamospermy; Apospory; Diplospory; Epigenetics; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644442746     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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