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Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants

The evolutionary origin of double fertilization and the resultant endosperm tissue in flowering plants remains a puzzle, despite over a century of research. The recent resurgence of approaches to evolutionary developmental biology combining comparative biology with phylogenetics provides new underst...

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Autores principales: Baroux, Célia, Spillane, Charles, Grossniklaus, Ueli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12225592
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Sumario:The evolutionary origin of double fertilization and the resultant endosperm tissue in flowering plants remains a puzzle, despite over a century of research. The recent resurgence of approaches to evolutionary developmental biology combining comparative biology with phylogenetics provides new understanding of endosperm origins.