Using maize as a model to study pollen tube growth and guidance, cross-incompatibility and sperm delivery in grasses.

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Published in Ann Bot on February 23, 2011

Authors

Thomas Dresselhaus1, Andreas Lausser, Mihaela L Márton

Author Affiliations

1: Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany. thomas.dresselhaus@biologie.uni-regensburg.de

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