Evolutionary development of the plant spore and pollen wall

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wallace, Simon ^a   Fleming, Andrew ^a   Wellman, Charles H ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884500660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plr027     Document Type: Short Survey

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