Genetic analysis of female gametophyte development and function

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-17

  Drews, Gary N ^a   Lee, Diana ^a   Christensen, Cory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031833969     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.1.5     Document Type: Review

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