Plant Molecular Biology

, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp 537–539 | Cite as

The nucleotide sequence of the rDNA spacer region between the 25S and 18S rRNA genes in a species of the genus Vicia, V. hirsuta

  • Kimitaka Yakura
  • Kazumi Nishikawa
Update Section Sequence

Key words

rDNA intergenic spacer Vicia hirsuta rDNA subrepeats 

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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kimitaka Yakura
    • 1
  • Kazumi Nishikawa
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Biology, Faculty of EducationKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan

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