A single homeobox gene triggers phase transition, embryogenesis and asexual reproduction

Nature Plants

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Horst, Nelly A ^a   Katz, Aviva ^b   Pereman, Idan ^b   Decker, Eva L ^a   Ohad, Nir ^b   Reski, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BRYOPSIDA; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HOMEOBOX; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRYOPSIDA; DIPLOIDY; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GERM CELLS, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84956871220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.209     Document Type: Article

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