The mostly male theory of flower evolutionary origins: From genes to fossils

Systematic Botany

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-170

  Frohlich, Michael W ^a   Parker, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0034042674     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666635     Document Type: Review

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