Preferential Fertilization: Data and Strategy for Molecular Analysis

  • A. Chaboud
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Abstract

Double fertilization was first described by Nawashin (1898) and Guignard (1899) and involves the fusion of the two male gametes with the two female gametes within the embryo sac: one fusion initiates embryo formation and a second fusion triggers formation of the secondary endosperm (reviewed in Knox et al, 1986).

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Pollen Tube Sperm Cell Female Gametophyte Male Gamete Female Gamete 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Chaboud
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  1. 1.Reconnaissance Cellulaire et Amélioration de PlantesUniversité LYON 1Villeurbanne CedexFrance

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