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The phenomenon of polyembryony, i.e., the occurrence of more than one embryo in a seed, has attracted much attention ever since its initial discovery in the orange (Citrus sinensis) by Leeuwenhoek (1719). Ernst (1918) and Schnarf (1929), who have reviewed the older literature, classify it into two types—”true” and “false”—depending …
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