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DUTT1 has recently summarized her investigations on nuclear behaviour in the developing endosperm of Cocos nucifera. Several of her observations are at variance with statements we have previously made2,3 and with some of our more recent findings4. Since these divergent opinions arise in part from a difference in terminology and in part from misinterpretations of the anatomical structure of the coconut, we wish to present several points to clarify this matter.
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CUTTER, V., FREEMAN, B. Development of the Syncytial Endosperm of Cocos nucifera . Nature 173, 827–828 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173827b0
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