Chromosome C-banding of the teosinte Zea nicaraguensis and comparison to other Zea species

Hereditas

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 96-101

  Ellneskog Staam, Pernilla ^a   Loaisiga, Carlos Henry ^b   Merker, Arnulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Universidad Nacional Agraria   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUBSPECIES;

CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA; ZEA DIPLOPERENNIS; ZEA LUXURIANS; ZEA MAYS; ZEA NICARAGUENSIS;

EID: 34547213339     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: 16015223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0018-0661.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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