Genomics of sex determination

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-116

  Zhang, Jisen ^a   Boualem, Adnane ^b   Bendahmane, Abdelhafid ^b   Ming, Ray ^a,c  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE;

DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMICS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84896997797     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.02.012     Document Type: Review

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