Isolation of two populations of sperm cells and microelectrophoresis of pairs of sperm cells from pollen tubes of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Yang, Y H ^a   Qiu, Y L ^a   Xie, C T ^a   Tian, H Q ^a   Zhang, Z ^b   Russell, S D ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microelectrophoresis; Nicotiana tabacum; Preferential fertilization; Sperm cells; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 26644455528     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-005-0248-x     Document Type: Article

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