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Turning fields into grains

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Cereal seeds contain an embryo and an endosperm, which is used as a food source. Differentiation of the endosperm is guided by several 'positional' molecular cues throughout development.

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Figure 1: Deciding the fate of seed endosperm cells.

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Thompson, R. Turning fields into grains. Nature 408, 39–41 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35040675

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