Microscopy of Physcomitrella patens sperm cells

Plant Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Horst, Nelly A ^a   Reski, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Land plant motile sperms; Moss; Physcomitrella patens

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019166185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0186-2     Document Type: Article

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