Plant grafting: New mechanisms, evolutionary implications

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Goldschmidt, Eliezer E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genome transfer; Graft hybrids; Incompatibility; Long distance signals; microRNA

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84919436525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00727     Document Type: Review

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