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Lan Wang1, Peng-Min Zhou2, Shu-Yan Chen1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Seed Innovation, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

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ArabidopsisGEX3double fertilizationgamete adhesiongamete fusion

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