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Protocols for Obtaining Zygotic and Somatic Embryos for Studying the Regulation of Early Embryo Development in the Model Legume Medicago truncatula
Published on: June 9, 2015
Post-genomics studies of developmental processes in legume seeds
Richard Thompson1, Judith Burstin, Karine Gallardo
1INRA, UMR Genetics and Ecophysiology of Grain Legumes, F-21065 Dijon, France. thompson@dijon.inra.fr
Plant Physiology
|August 14, 2009
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