Analogous reserve distribution and tissue characteristics in quinoa and grass seeds suggest convergent evolution

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Burrieza, Hernán P ^a,b   López Fernández, María P ^a,b   Maldonado, Sara ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coleorhiza; Endosperm; Grass seed; Micropylar endosperm; Perisperm; Quinoa seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907994137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00546     Document Type: Article

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