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Seed Development and Maturation

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Before we can consider the specific physiological and biochemical processes intimately involved in seed development, it is necessary to review briefly the morphological and anatomical aspects of embryo and storage tissue formation. The variations in patterns of development are numerous, so we will present here only a generalized picture of what occurs in a conifer (gymnosperm), a dicot, and a monocot angiosperm.

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    J. Derek Bewley

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