Regulatory science in forest biotechnology

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Sederoff, Ronald ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Box 7247 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33847665627     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-006-0081-x     Document Type: Editorial

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