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The Pollen Grain

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Embryology of Angiosperms

Abstract

The pollen grain is the carrier of the male gametes or their progenitor cell, in higher plants. In a single unit, each grain contains all the genetic information required to specify an entire haploid plant organism (for example, pollen embryoids in tissue culture), or to unite with the female gamete at fertilization and form a diploid zygote and, hence, a new sporophyte. The male gametes, the sperm cells (or their progenitor, the generative cell) are housed entirely within the cytoplasm of the vegetative cell. This is dehydrated like a seed at maturity, and is filled with storage reserves. The vegetative cell is surrounded by a complex, intricately patterned outer wall, and its nucleus controls at least the initial growth and metabolism of the pollen tube following germination.

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