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Science 12 January 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4069, pp. 184 - 185
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4069.184
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Paleozoic Seeds with Embryos

C. N. Miller 1 and J. T. Brown 1

1 Department of Botany, University of Montana, Missoula 59801

Seeds in a conifer cone from the Lower Permian of west Texas contain embryo tissue. These are the oldest plant embryos on record. Their development prior to seed dispersal shows that the sequence of embryo growth typical of most modern seed plants had evolved before the end of the Paleozoic Era.

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