Genetic Architecture of Flowering-Time Variation in Brachypodium distachyon

Daniel P Woods1,2,3,4,5, Ryland Bednarek1,2,3,4,5, Frédéric Bouché1,2,3,4,5

  • 1Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.P.W., R.M.A.).

Plant Physiology
|October 16, 2016
PubMed

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