Article
Angiosperm ovules: diversity, development, evolution.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Endress Peter K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ovules as developmental precursors of seeds are organs of central importance in angiosperm flowers and can be traced back in evolution to the earliest seed plants. Angiosperm ovules are diverse in their position in the ovary, nucellus thickness, number and thickness of integuments, degree and direction of curvature, and histological differentiations. There is a large body of literature on this...
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