Nature 338, 21 - 22 (02 March 1989); doi:10.1038/338021a0

Why do plants produce so many more ovules than seeds?

Deborah Charlesworth

Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

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