Abstract
Sex determination and differentiation have been studied by different approaches: morphological, biochemical and genetic. Flower development has been followed by SEM and divided in different stages. Major biochemical events (protein pattern, RNase activities and levels of hormones possibily involved in sex differentiation) were analysed at these stages. The aim of to sex and for sex-specific messengers) was to isolate genes involved in sex determination and differentiation.
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