Embryology of flowering plants - An overview

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 289-304

  Yeung, Edward C ^a   Meinke, David W ^b   Nickle, Todd C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EMBRYOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035787528     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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