Transcription profiling by array of Medicago truncatula roots and aerial organs from four phenotypically diverse ecotypes
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ORGANISM(S): Medicago truncatula
SUBMITTER: Yuhong Tang
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2984 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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