Heterosis: revisiting the magic

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-66

  Lippman, Zachary B ^a   Zamir, Dani ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DOMINANT GENE; EPISTASIS; FRUIT GROWTH; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROSIS; HYBRID; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RICE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID VIGOR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33846543858     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.12.006     Document Type: Review

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