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Somatic selection in perennial ryegrass
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Somatic selection in perennial ryegrass

  • E L Breese1,
  • M D Hayward1 &
  • A C Thomas1 

Heredity volume 20, pages 367–379 (1965)Cite this article

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    E L Breese, M D Hayward & A C Thomas

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Breese, E., Hayward, M. & Thomas, A. Somatic selection in perennial ryegrass. Heredity 20, 367–379 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.50

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