Big roles for small RNAs in polyploidy, hybrid vigor, and hybrid incompatibility

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Ng, Danny W K ^a   Lu, Jie ^a   Chen, Z Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYBRID VIGOR; MICRORNAS; POLYPLOIDY; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84862777313     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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