Fruit-An Angiosperm Innovation

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-42

  Knapp, Sandra ^a   Litt, Amy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm diversity; Angiosperm phylogeny; Fossil record; Fruit development; Fruit variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889275722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118593714.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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