Wheat genomics comes of age

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2017, Pages 142-148

  Uauy, Cristobal ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; TRENDS; WHEAT;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; POLYPLOIDY; TRITICUM;

EID: 85016009698     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.01.007     Document Type: Review

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