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This work was supported by theMajor Research Plan from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013CB945100). I thank Dr. Zhu Jun from Shanghai Normal University for his help in preparing the manuscript.
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Yang, ZN. Regulation of sporopollenin synthesis for pollen wall formation in plant. Sci. China Life Sci. 59, 1335–1337 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-0338-y
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