Centromere Epigenetics in Plants

James A. Birchler; Fangpu Han

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2013.03.008

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May 2013

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Centromere Epigenetics in Plants

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.03.008

James A. Birchler^a,
Fangpu Han^b

a
Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 311 Tucker Hall, Columbia MO 65211-7400, USA
b
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: birchlerj@missouri.edu (James A. Birchler)
Received Date: 2013-02-06
Accepted Date: 2013-03-06

Available Online: 2013-03-26

Publish Date: 2013-05-20

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