Sperm movement during double fertilization of a flowering plant, Phaius tankervilliae

Planta

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-66

  Ye, Xiu Lin ^b,c   Yeung, Edward C ^a   Zee, Sze Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Actin corona; Central cell; Egg cell; Phaius (double fertilization); Sperm cell; Synergid

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE;

DEGENERATING SYNERGID;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT STEMS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHAIUS; PHAIUS TANKERVILLEAE; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0011714304     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0736-2     Document Type: Article

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