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Embryology: Then and Now

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Embryology of Angiosperms

Abstract

Maheshwari (1950) has summarized the history of development of our knowledge of embryology of angiosperms. The highlights are presented here. Sexuality in angiosperms has been known since the third century B.C. when the Arabs and Assyrians used to perform the ritual of artificial pollination of the date palm. They were not, however, aware of sexuality as such, nor what followed after dusting the female flowers with male flowers.

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Johri, B.M., Ambegaokar, K.B. (1984). Embryology: Then and Now. In: Johri, B.M. (eds) Embryology of Angiosperms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69302-1_1

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