Complex sexual signals for the male gametophyte

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Pruitt, Robert E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033215311     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)00015-1     Document Type: Review

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