Ultrastructural and cytochemical studies on oogenesis of the fern Pteridium aquilinum

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Cao, Jian Guo ^a   Dai, Xi Ling ^a   Wang, Quan Xi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg envelope; Fern; Fertilization pore; Oogenesis; Pteridium aquilinum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACKEN FERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GAMETOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; PTERIDIUM;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM SUBSP. LATIUSCULUM;

EID: 84861342275     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-012-0185-4     Document Type: Article

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