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Rapid-Cycling Populations of Brassica Author(s): Paul H. Williams and Curtis B. Hill Source: Science, New Series, Vol. 232, No. 4756, (Jun. 13, 1986), pp. 1385-1389 Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1697720 Accessed: 15/07/2008 17:22
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Rapid-Cycling Populations
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Rapid-cycling populations of six economically important species in the genus Brassica have unusual potential for resolving many problems in plant biology and for use in education. Rapid-cycling brassicas can produce up to ten generations of seed per year and serve as models for research in genetics, host-parasite relations, molecular biology, cell biology, plant biochemistry, population biology, and plant breeding.

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