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Science 3 August 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5838, pp. 606 - 607
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146655
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PLANT SCIENCE:
Reproductive Dialog

Sheila McCormick

A protein in ovule cells of a flowering plant recognizes the male pollen tube of the same species, ensuring successful fertilization.

The author is at the Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service-UC Berkeley, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA. E-mail: sheilamc{at}nature.berkeley.edu

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