Desynapsis and precocious cytokinesis in Brachiaria humidicola (Poaceae) compromise meiotic division

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-31

  Calisto, Vergílio ^a   Fuzinatto, Veridiana Aparecida ^a   Message, Hugo José ^a   Mendes Bonato, Andréa Beatriz ^a   Boldrini, Kellen Regina ^a   Pagliarini, Maria Suely ^a   Do Valle, Cacilda Borges ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachiaria humidicola; Breeding; Cytokinesis; Desynapsis; Forage grass; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BRACHIARIA; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MEIOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; BRACHIARIA; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CYTOKINESIS; MEIOSIS;

BOS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; POACEAE;

EID: 44149100082     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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