QTL mapping and candidate gene analysis of telomere length control factors in Maize(Zea mays L.)

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 437-450

  Brown, Amber N ^a   Lauter, Nick ^b   Vera, Daniel L ^a   McLaughlin Large, Karen A ^a   Steele, Tace M ^a   Fredette, Natalie C ^a   Bass, Hank W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B73; IBM; Plant; Telomerase; TRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875576475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000703     Document Type: Article

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