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Effects of low temperature on the somatic instability of an alien chromosome in Nicotiana tabacum
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Effects of low temperature on the somatic instability of an alien chromosome in Nicotiana tabacum

  • Z Lucov1,
  • S Cohen1 &
  • R Moav1 

Heredity volume 25, pages 431–439 (1970)Cite this article

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  1. Department of Genetics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Z Lucov, S Cohen & R Moav

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Lucov, Z., Cohen, S. & Moav, R. Effects of low temperature on the somatic instability of an alien chromosome in Nicotiana tabacum. Heredity 25, 431–439 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1970.43

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  • Received: 20 September 1969

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