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Nuclear and cytoplasmic inheritance of resistance to infection by nodule bacteria in red clover
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Nuclear and cytoplasmic inheritance of resistance to infection by nodule bacteria in red clover

  • P S Nutman1 

Heredity volume 3, pages 263–291 (1949)Cite this article

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  1. Soil Microbiology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts

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Nutman, P. Nuclear and cytoplasmic inheritance of resistance to infection by nodule bacteria in red clover. Heredity 3, 263–291 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.22

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