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Modulation of rRNA gene content by chromosome 5D in wheat

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This work was supported by a fellowship of the Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Viegas, W.S. Modulation of rRNA gene content by chromosome 5D in wheat. Genetica 51, 233–239 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121617

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