Genome size and the phenotype

Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2: Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 323-344

  Greilhuber, Johann ^a   Leitch, Ilia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1160-4_20     Document Type: Chapter

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