Bridging the generation gap: flowering plant gametophytes and animal germlines reveal unexpected similarities.

Alternation of generations underpins all plant life histories and is held to possess important adaptive features. A wide range of data have accumulated over the past century which suggest that alternation from sporophyte to gametophyte in angiosperms includes a significant phase of 'information...

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Main Authors: Dickinson, H, Grant-Downton, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009