Studies on the development and three-dimensional reconstruction of giant mitochondria and their nuclei in egg cells of Pelargonium zonale Ait.

Protoplasma

Volumn 192, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 235-244

  Kuroiwa, H ^a   Ohta, T ^b   Kuroiwa, T ^b  

^a KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg cell; Giant mitochondria; Megagametogenesis; Megasporogenesis; Mitochondrial nuclei; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE;

EID: 0029757985     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273895     Document Type: Article

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