Morphological observation and protein expression of fertile and abortive ovules in Castanea mollissima
Chinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima Blume.) contain 12–18 ovules in one ovary, but only one ovule develops into a seed, indicating a high ovule abortion rate. In this study, the Chinese chestnut ‘Huaihuang’ was used to explore the possible mechanisms of ovule abortion with respect to morphology a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-07-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/11756.pdf |