Carpels
Published in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences • Apr 19, 2001
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Authors:
David Smyth
Abstract
Abstract Carpels are the female reproductive organs within a flower that enclose the ovules, protecting them and screening out inappropriate pollen. They arose, probably from leaf‐like organs, long after the origin of ovules. Genes controlling key steps in carpel and ovule development have been disc...