Development and evolution of the female gametophyte and fertilization process in Welwitschia mirabilis (Welwitschiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 312-324

  Friedman, William E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Embryo; Evolutionary history; Gametophyte; Gnetales; Seed plants; Welwitschia; Welwitschiaceae

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETOPHYTE; GYMNOSPERM;

EPHEDRA; GNETALES; GNETUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; WELWITSCHIA; WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS; WELWITSCHIACEAE;

EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GENETICS; GNETOPHYTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS, PLANT; GNETOPHYTA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION;

EID: 84922449365     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400472     Document Type: Article

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