Ultrastructural studies of gametophytic apomicts in guinea grass (Panicum maximum) II. Characteristics of aposporous initial cell-derived embryo sac

Cytologia

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Li, Ming Guan ^a   Lan, Zhuang Chen ^a,b,c   Terao, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MINAMI KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Aposporous initial cell; Aposporous initial cell derived embryo sac; Gametophyte; Panicum maximum; Ultrastructural analysis

Indexed keywords

PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 34548355165     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.72.145     Document Type: Article

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