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A spontaneous chlorophyll mutant in hexaploid wheat
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A spontaneous chlorophyll mutant in hexaploid wheat

  • Rona Pettigrew1,
  • C J Driscoll1 &
  • K G Rienits1 

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    Rona Pettigrew, C J Driscoll & K G Rienits

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Pettigrew, R., Driscoll, C. & Rienits, K. A spontaneous chlorophyll mutant in hexaploid wheat. Heredity 24, 481–487 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1969.64

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