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. 2004 Mar 9;16(Suppl):S203–S213. doi: 10.1105/tpc.017988

Imprinting and seed development.

Mary Gehring 1, Yeonhee Choi 1, Robert L Fischer 1
PMCID: PMC2643396  PMID: 15010515

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