Heteromorphism for Heterokaryon Incompatibility Genes in Natural Populations of NEUROSPORA CRASSA

O M Mylyk1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1W5.

Genetics
|June 1, 1976
PubMed

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