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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 2;36(7):2451-2452.
doi: 10.1093/plcell/koae119.

Playing the field: The molecular basis of fruit morphology-based bet-hedging

Leonard Blaschek  1   2
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Playing the field: The molecular basis of fruit morphology-based bet-hedging

Leonard Blaschek. Plant Cell. .
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Diaspore dimorphism in Ae. arabicum and the basic mechanism delaying germination of seeds within indehiscent fruits. M+, mucilaginous seed from dehiscent (DEH) fruit; M−, nonmucilaginous seed excised from indehiscent (IND) fruit. Adapted from Chandler et al. (2024), Figure 1.
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