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Sexual behaviour of the terrestrial fern Platyzoma microphyllum R.Br.: a morphogenetic look at the origins of heterospory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

J. G. Duckett
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
W. C. Pang
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.

Abstract

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Type
Abstracts of Poster Demonstrations
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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