Double fertilization on the move

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-77

  Hamamura, Yuki ^a   Nagahara, Shiori ^a   Higashiyama, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; FERTILIZATION; POLLEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84856220536     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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