Recent developments in genome editing and applications in plant breeding

Plant Breeding

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-9

  Jung, Christian ^a   Capistrano Gossmann, Gina ^a   Braatz, Janina ^a   Sashidhar, Niharika ^a   Melzer, Siegbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas; genetic engineering; genetic modification; mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041949584     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12526     Document Type: Review

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