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  1. Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Rudi Appels

  2. Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    Rosalind Morris

  3. Department of Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Bikram S. Gill

  4. Agricultural Research Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

    Cedric E. May

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Appels, R., Morris, R., Gill, B.S., May, C.E. (1998). Chromosome Morphology and Number. In: Chromosome Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5409-7_6

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