Epigenetic changes in Maize DNA and heterosis

The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 195-203

  Tsaftaris, A S ^a   Kafka, M ^a   Polidoros, A ^a   Tani, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

C R E D R A procedure; Cytosine methylation; Epigenetic strategies; Genomic D N A; Growth conditions; Heterosis; Maize

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101892612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1999.geneticsandexploitation.c18     Document Type: Chapter

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