The mating game: Pollination and fertilization in flowering plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-22

  Wilhelmi, Laura K ^a   Preuss, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033082494     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80004-1     Document Type: Article

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