The importance of safeguarding genome integrity in germination and seed longevity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3549-3558

  Waterworth, Wanda M ^a   Bray, Clifford M ^b   West, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; DNA repair; Double strand break; Germination; Longevity; Recombination; Seed vigour; Viability

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; GERMINATION; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOME, PLANT; GERMINATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEEDS;

EID: 84940703991     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv080     Document Type: Review

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