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Molecular analysis of NOZZLE, a gene involved in pattern formation and early sporogenesis during sex organ development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Sept 1999
Schiefthaler U, Balasubramanian S, Sieber P, Chevalier D, Wisman E, Schneitz K
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction is a salient aspect of plants, and elaborate structures, such as the flowers of angiosperms, have evolved that aid in this process. Within the flower the corresponding sex organs, the anther and the ovule, form the male and female sporangia, the pollen sac and the nucellus, respectively. However, despite their central role for sexual reproduction little is known about the mechanisms that...
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