The making of gametes in higher plants

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 595-614

  Boavida, Leonor C ^a   Becker, Jörg D ^a   Feijó, José A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Embryo sac; Gametogenesis; Macrosporogenesis; Microsporogenesis; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GAMETOGENESIS; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIGHER PLANT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

FLOWERS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 27744456025     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052019lb     Document Type: Review

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