Auxin production couples endosperm development to fertilization

Nature Plants

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Figueiredo, Duarte D ^a   Batista, Rita A ^a   Roszak, Pawel J ^a,b   Köhler, Claudia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84947968595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.184     Document Type: Article

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