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The nucleolar organisers of tetraploid and hexaploid wheats revealed by in situ hybridisation

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The technique of in situ hybridisation of cloned ribosomal DNA has been used to establish the numbers of nucleolar organising sites in a range of tetraploid and hexaploid wheats.

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    J. Hutchinson & T. E. Miller

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Hutchinson, J., Miller, T.E. The nucleolar organisers of tetraploid and hexaploid wheats revealed by in situ hybridisation. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 61, 285–288 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273788

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