Production of diploid male gametes in Arabidopsis by cold-induced Destabilization of postmeiotic radial microtubule arrays

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1808-1826

  de Storme, Nico ^a   Copenhaver, Gregory P ^b   Geelen, Danny ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84870819083     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208611     Document Type: Article

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