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Sporophyte formation in experimentally-induced unisexual female and bisexual gametophytes ofLygodium japonicum

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Unisexual female and male and bisexual gametophytes were experimentally induced inLygodium japonicum. A single bisexual gametophyte was isolated in a dish and a female gametophyte was paired with a male one to allow intragametophytic selfing and intergametophytic mating, respectively. About 30% of the females formed sporophytes but no bisexual gametophytes formed them.

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  1. Kiyotoshi Takeno

    Present address: Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, 980, Sendai

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  1. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo

    Kiyotoshi Takeno & Masaki Furuya

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Takeno, K., Furuya, M. Sporophyte formation in experimentally-induced unisexual female and bisexual gametophytes ofLygodium japonicum . Bot. Mag. Tokyo 100, 37–41 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488418

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