Parent-Specific Gene Expression and the Triploid Endosperm

1989/07/01 by David Haig, Mark Westoby · 537 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Endosperm #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Gene expression #Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting #Genetics #Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis #Plant Molecular Biology Research

paper · open access · doi:10.1086/284971

published in The American Naturalist 134(1), 147-155 (University of Chicago Press)

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