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. 2004 May 6;16(Suppl):S228–S245. doi: 10.1105/tpc.017921

Understanding apomixis: recent advances and remaining conundrums.

Ross A Bicknell 1, Anna M Koltunow 1
PMCID: PMC2643386  PMID: 15131250

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