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. 2004 May 6;16(Suppl):S181–S189. doi: 10.1105/tpc.018119

The genetic, developmental, and molecular bases of fruit size and shape variation in tomato.

Steven D Tanksley 1
PMCID: PMC2643388  PMID: 15131251

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