Ovule and embryo development, apomixis and fertilization

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-31

  Chaudhury, Abdul M ^a   Craig, Stuart ^a   Dennis, E S ^a   Peacock, W J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT;

EID: 0031987890     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80123-4     Document Type: Article

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