The molecular biology of meiosis in plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 297-327

  Mercier, Raphaël ^a   Mézard, Christine ^a   Jenczewski, Eric ^a   Macaisne, Nicolas ^a   Grelon, Mathilde ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Crossovers; Polyploids; Recombination; Sister chromatid cohesion

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIS;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; POLYPLOIDY;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928898942     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-035923     Document Type: Article

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