Apomixis technology development-virgin births in farmers' fields?

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Published in Nat Biotechnol on June 01, 2004

Authors

Charles Spillane1, Mark D Curtis, Ueli Grossniklaus

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Plant Biology & Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

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