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In Vitro Fertilization

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Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms

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Two sperm cells of a pollen grain or pollen tube are involved in fertilization in angiosperms; one sperm fuses with the egg and the other one with the central cell. These processes, well known as double fertilization, result in the formation of an embryo and an endosperm tissue.

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Kranz, E. (2001). In Vitro Fertilization. In: Bhojwani, S.S., Soh, WY. (eds) Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1203-3_7

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