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. 2004 Mar 9;16(Suppl):S214–S227. doi: 10.1105/tpc.017111

Nuclear endosperm development in cereals and Arabidopsis thaliana.

Odd-Arne Olsen 1
PMCID: PMC2643391  PMID: 15010513

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