Meiosis in plants: Ten years of gene discovery

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Mercier, R ^a   Grelon, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOGENETICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44349164569     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121077     Document Type: Review

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