Female gametophyte development and embryogenesis in Taxus baccata L.

Crassinucellate ovules are initiated in Taxus, directly from the shoot apex. The rudimentary pollen chamber is formed in the nucellus. A linear tetrad of megaspores with a functional chalazal megaspore is formed. A free-nuclear stage is charac-teristic at the beginning of megagametophyte development...

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Main Authors: Vladimir B. Brukhin, Peter V. Bozhkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2014-01-01
Series:Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
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Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/924