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Shaping a fruit: Developmental pathways that impact growth patterns.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Jul 2018
van der Knaap Esther, Østergaard Lars
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Angiosperms produce seeds as their progeny enclosed in maternally-derived structures called fruits. Evolutionarily, fruits have contributed enormously to the success of the Angiosperms phylum by providing protection and nutrition to the developing seeds, while ensuring the efficient dispersal upon maturity. Fruits vary massively in both size and shape and certain species have been targeted for domestication due...
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