Inheritance of gynoecism in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-295

  Ram, Dangar ^a   Kumar, Sanjeet ^a   Singh, Major ^a   Rai, Mathura ^a   Kalloo, Gautam ^a,b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMPLASM; GYNOECISM; INHERITANCE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; SEX DETERMINATION;

GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MOMORDICA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 33745656365     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esj028     Document Type: Article

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