Consistent over-estimation of gene number in complex plant genomes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 732-736

  Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a   Coleman, Craig ^b   Liu, Renyi ^a   Ma, Jianxin ^a   Ramakrishna, Wusirika ^c  

^a USA ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 6044226955     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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