Functional and developmental convergence in the reproductive “nurse cells” of flowering plants
The successful sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends upon double fertilisation, during which pollen grains, produced within the male floral organ (the anther) deliver two sperm cells to the ovule, buried deep within the ovary, triggering the development of the embryo and the surrounding ti...
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Language: | English |
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Académie des sciences
2023-05-01
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Series: | Comptes Rendus Biologies |
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Online Access: | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.119/ |