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Pollen formation in pentaploid and near-pentaploid wheat hybrids
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Pollen formation in pentaploid and near-pentaploid wheat hybrids

  • J W Morrison1,2 

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  2. now at Cereal Division, C.E.F., Ottawa

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Morrison, J. Pollen formation in pentaploid and near-pentaploid wheat hybrids. Heredity 7, 419–428 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1953.47

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