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Small RNA flow from tapetum cells to germ cells in plants

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31788103, 91540203), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDY-SSW-SMC022), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0100904), and the State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Chao Yang & Xiaofeng Cao

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Chao Yang & Xiaofeng Cao

  3. Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Xiaofeng Cao

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Yang, C., Cao, X. Small RNA flow from tapetum cells to germ cells in plants. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 1977–1979 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-1977-1

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