Micromanipulation of male and female gametes of Nicotiana tabacum: I. Isolation of gametes

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 555-560

  Tian, H Q ^a,b   Russell, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg cell; Nicotiana tabacum; Sperm cell

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031005637     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050278     Document Type: Article

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