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Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants
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* Corresponding author: Ueli Grossniklaus grossnik@botinst.unizh.ch
Institute of Plant Biology, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Genome Biology 2002, 3:reviews1026-reviews1026.5 doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-9-reviews1026
Published: 30 August 2002Abstract
The evolutionary origin of double fertilization and the resultant endosperm tissue in flowering plants remains a puzzle, despite over a century of research. The recent resurgence of approaches to evolutionary developmental biology combining comparative biology with phylogenetics provides new understanding of endosperm origins.