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The breakdown of self-incompatibility in cultivars of Brassica oleracea
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The breakdown of self-incompatibility in cultivars of Brassica oleracea

  • K F Thompson1 &
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Heredity volume 21, pages 637–648 (1966)Cite this article

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Thompson, K., Taylor, J. The breakdown of self-incompatibility in cultivars of Brassica oleracea. Heredity 21, 637–648 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1966.63

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