Spontaneous hybridization between maize and teosinte

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Ellstrand, Norman C ^a   Garner, Lauren C ^a,b   Hegde, Subray ^a   Guadagnuolo, Roberto ^a,c   Blancas, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; HERBICIDE;

ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MATURITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TEOSINTE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250620627     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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