Megagametogenesis in Arabidopsis wild type and the Gf mutant

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-64

  Christensen, Cory A ^a   King, Edward J ^a   Jordan, John R ^a   Drews, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Female gametophyte; Gj mutant; Megagametogenesis; Plant reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030998035     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050067     Document Type: Article

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