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A novel class of MYB factors controls sperm-cell formation in plants.
Current biology : CB - 8 Feb 2005
Rotman Nicolas, Durbarry Anjusha, Wardle Anthony, Yang Wei Cai, Chaboud Annie, Faure Jean-Emmanuel, Berger Frédéric, Twell David
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to animals, the plant male germline is established after meiosis in distinctive haploid structures, termed pollen grains. The germline arises by a distinct asymmetric division of the meiotic products . The fates of the resulting vegetative and generative cells are distinct. In contrast to the larger vegetative cell, arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, the smaller generative cell divides once...
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