Centromeres: Sequences, structure, and biology

Plant Genome Diversity Volume 1: Plant Genomes, their Residents, and their Evolutionary Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-70

  Hirsch, Cory D ^a   Jiang, Jiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84919905801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1130-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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