Control of meiotic recombination frequency in plant genomes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 556-561

  Henderson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CROSSING OVER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; MEIOSIS; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; MEIOSIS; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

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EID: 84869505399     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.09.002     Document Type: Review

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