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The cytological basis of the plastid inheritance in angiosperms

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Hagemann, R., Schröder, M.B. The cytological basis of the plastid inheritance in angiosperms. Protoplasma 152, 57–64 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323062

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