A hundred-year-old question: Is the moss calyptra covered by a cuticle? A case study of Funaria hygrometrica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1279-1286

  Budke, Jessica M ^a   Goffinet, Bernard ^a   Jones, Cynthia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; calyptra; cuticle; cuticular pegs; desiccation; electron microscopy; Funaria hygrometrica; maternal care

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; WAX;

CUTICLE; DESICCATION; GAMETOPHYTE; MATERNAL CARE; MOSS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORANGIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRYOPSIDA; CELL WALL; DESICCATION; GERM CELLS, PLANT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PECTINS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REPRODUCTION; SPORANGIA; WAXES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALYPTRA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79957854402     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr079     Document Type: Article

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