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Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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Egg cells of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha before (left) or after (right) fertilization. Green and magenta colors indicate localization of MpKNOX1-GFP proteins and maternal tissues, respectively. Note that fertilization triggers enrichment of MpKNOX1-GFP in unfused male and female nuclei.

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Tetsuya Hisanaga and Keiji Nakajima

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