Grass spikelets: A thorny problem

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 789-793

  Irish, Erin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0031732580     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199810)20:10<789::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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