Concepts of marker genes for plants

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2010, Pages 39-60

  Kraus, Josef ^a  

^a PLANTA Angewandte Pflanzengenetik und Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

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EID: 79954596431     PISSN: 0934943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02391-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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