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THE significance of haploid protoplast research has been discussed by Bhojwani and Cocking1. They have succeeded in isolating protoplasts from microspores and bringing about regeneration of cell walls. The occurrence of nuclear divisions in protoplasts isolated from pollen tetrads of Datura metel L., a plant in which androgenesis could be experimentally induced2,3, is described here.
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RAJASEKHAR, E. Nuclear Divisions in Protoplasts isolated from Pollen Tetrads of Datura metel. Nature 246, 223–224 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246223a0
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