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Kinematic Analysis of Cell Division and Expansion: Quantifying the Cellular Basis of Growth and Sampling Developmental Zones in Zea mays Leaves
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Kinematic Analysis of Cell Division and Expansion: Quantifying the Cellular Basis of Growth and Sampling Developmental Zones in Zea mays Leaves

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[Cell elongation as an inseparable component of growth in terrestrial plants]

N V Obrucheva

    Ontogenez
    |April 16, 2008
    PubMed

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