Meiotic behavior of small chromosomes in maize

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Birchler, James A ^a   Han, Fangpu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Maize; Meiosis; Minichromosomes; Sister chromatid cohesion; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901035341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00505     Document Type: Article

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