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Embryo and seed abortion in plants

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, USA

    D. WIENS & E. J. KING

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    D. L. NICKRENT

  3. Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97207, USA

    C. L. CALVIN

  4. Ransom Seed Laboratory, P.O. Box 300, Carpinteria, California, 93013, USA

    N. L. VIVRETTE

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WIENS, D., KING, E., NICKRENT, D. et al. Embryo and seed abortion in plants. Nature 342, 626 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/342626a0

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