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. 1993 Sep;5(9):1001–1009. doi: 10.1105/tpc.5.9.1001

Morphological Plasticity of the Mitotic Apparatus in Plants and Its Developmental Consequences.

BA Palevitz 1
PMCID: PMC160336  PMID: 12271095

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