Family-based association mapping in crop species
β Scribed by Guo, Baohong; Wang, Daolong; Guo, Zhigang; Beavis, William D.
- Book ID
- 120380177
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-5752
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