Links between early pollen development and aperture pattern in monocots

S Nadot1, A Forchioni, L Penet

  • 1Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8079 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris XI, Orsay, France. sophie.nadot@ese.u-psud.fr

Protoplasma
|August 29, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Pollen aperture patterns in monocots are diverse and influenced by microsporogenesis. Key variations in cytokinesis, callose deposition, and tetrad shape during pollen development impact aperture type determination.

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