Endopolyploidy in diploid and tetraploid maize (Zea mays l.)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 417-421

  Biradar, D P ^a   Lane Rayburn, A ^a   Bullock, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploid; Endopolyploidy; Flow cytometry; Maize; Tetraploid; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

EID: 38249002132     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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