Embryo production through somatic embryogenesis can be used to study cell differentiation in plants

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture - Tập 86 Số 3 - Trang 285-301 - 2006
Francisco Roberto Quiroz‐Figueroa1, Rafael Rojas-Herrera2, Rosa M. Galáz-Ávalos3, Víctor M. Loyola‐Vargas3
1Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), AP 510-3 Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, CP 62210, México
2Unidad Sureste, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Jalisco, México
3Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, CP 97200, México

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