Silver birch telomeres shorten in tissue culture

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-74

  Aronen, Tuija ^a   Ryynänen, Leena ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula Roth; Duration of tissue culture; Genotypic variation; Micropropagation; Physiological ageing; Telomeric repeats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892459034     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-013-0662-4     Document Type: Article

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