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Ploidy and the evolution of endosperm of flowering plants.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2010
Cailleau Aurélie, Cheptou Pierre-Olivier, Lenormand Thomas
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In angiosperms, spermatozoa go by pair in each pollen grain and fertilize, in addition to the egg cell, one of its sister cells, called the central cell. This "double fertilization" leads to the embryo on the one hand and to its nutritive tissue, the endosperm, on the other hand. In addition, in...
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