Comparative anatomy of the chalazal endosperm cyst in seeds of the Brassicaceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-394

  Brown, Roy C ^a   Lemmon, Betty E ^a   Nguyen, Hong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryology; Microtubule; Seed development; Transfer cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TAXONOMY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CHORISPORA; ERYSIMUM; THLASPI;

EID: 1942440439     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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