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LEA Proteins

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Seed Proteins

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Embryogenesis in plants can be thought of as a series of stages leading to the formation of a mature, differentiated, miniature plant within the seed. Embryogenesis is initiated by fertilisation, in which the fusion of a sperm nucleus and an egg nucleus gives rise to the diploid zygote. The fusion of a second sperm nucleus with the two polar nuclei within the embryo sac produces the lineage that ultimately becomes the triploid endosperm.

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Cuming, A.C. (1999). LEA Proteins. In: Shewry, P.R., Casey, R. (eds) Seed Proteins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4431-5_32

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