Maize genome structure and evolution

Handbook of Maize: Genetics and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 179-199

  Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Department of Genetics University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77863-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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