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Some characteristics of pollen wall cytochemistry and ultrastructure in Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Gord.)

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The mature pollen of Larix leptolepis Gord. (Conifer) contains five different cell types, and the plasma membrane of the vegetative cell is continuous and organized. The pollen wall is composed of two morphologically and cytochemically distinct domains: the exine and the intine. In the multilayered exine, the ektexine appears granular and the endexine, lamellar. The intine is thick and bilayered with a microfibrillar structure occupying its inner portion. Cytochemical reactions of the exine and the intine are similar to those found in angiosperms. Pollen wall involvement in the male female recognition system is discussed with respecl to the angiosperms.

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  1. Reconnaissance Cellulaire et Amélioration des Plantes, Centre de Microscopie Electronique Appliquée à la Biologie et à la Géologie and LA INRA 23879, Université Cl. Bernard-Lyon I, Bât. 741, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622, Villeurbanne Ceédex, France

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Said, C. Some characteristics of pollen wall cytochemistry and ultrastructure in Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis Gord.). Sexual Plant Reprod 2, 77–84 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191994

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