Article
Female gametophytic mutants: diagnosis and characterization.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2010
Völz Ronny, Gross-Hardt Rita
Abstract excerpt
In plants, gametes are formed in multicellular haploid structures, termed gametophytes. The female gametophyte of most higher plants comprises seven cells, which develop from a single haploid spore through nuclear proliferation and subsequent cellularization. The female gametophytic cells differentiate into four distinct cell types, which play specific roles during fertilization and seed formation thereby...
Topics
- Germ Cells, Plant
- Mutation
- Plant Cells
- Plants