How many nuclei make an embryo sac in flowering plants?

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1067-1071

  Rudall, Paula J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GAMETOPHYTE; GYMNOSPERM; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYGONUM; REVIEW;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOWERS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

AMBORELLA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONUM;

EID: 33750802198     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20488     Document Type: Review

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