Microgametogenesis in Plumbago zeylanica (Plumbaginaceae). 2. Quantitative cell and organelle dynamics of the male reproductive cell lineage

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 113-130

  Russell, Scott D ^a   Strout, Gregory W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generative cell (angiosperm); Male cytoplasmic inheritance; Male germ unit; Microgametogenesis; Plumbago; Sperm cell (angiosperm)

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PLUMBAGO; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

EID: 27744501103     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-005-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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