One step beyond lethal equivalents: Characterization of deleterious loci in the rapid cycling Brassica rapa L. base population

Genetica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Lascoux, Martin ^a,b   Lee, Jae Kyun ^c,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Deleterious alleles; Lethal equivalents; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 6544232732     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003441713325     Document Type: Article

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