Seed evolution: Parental conflicts in a multi-generational household

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-86

  Pires, Nuno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

endosperm; imprinting; MADS; polycomb; triploid block

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FERTILIZATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84896751144     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0034     Document Type: Review

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