Development and function of the angiosperm female gametophyte

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-124

  Drews, Gary N ^a   Yadegari, Ramin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryo sac; Female gametophyte; Plant reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DEATH; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOIDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SPOROPHYTE;

ARABIDOPSIS; MUTATION; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036948352     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.36.040102.131941     Document Type: Review

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