The evolution of plant development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Baum, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, PLANT; PLANTS;

EID: 0031987881     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80132-5     Document Type: Article

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