Cytological evidence that alternative transposition by Ac elements causes reciprocal translocations and inversions in Zea mays L

Maydica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-462

  Pulletikurti, V ^a,c   Yu, C ^b   Zhang, J ^b   Peterson, T ^b   Weber, D R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternative transposition; Inversions; Maize; Translocations

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951895141     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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