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From Theory to Practice: Marker-Assisted Selection in Maize

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Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement

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  1. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Applied Biotechnology Center and Bioinformatics, Apdo Postal 6-641, COL. Juárez, 06600, Mexico, D.F. Mexico

    D.A. Hoisington

  2. Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany

    A.E. Melchinger

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  1. Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Zentrum für Angewandte Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (AMP II), Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststraße 18, 22609, Hamburg, Germany

    Horst Lörz

  2. Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, 85250, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

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Hoisington, D., Melchinger, A. (2004). From Theory to Practice: Marker-Assisted Selection in Maize. In: Lörz, H., Wenzel, G. (eds) Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26538-4_20

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