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Cell biology of anther and pollen development

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Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants

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The male part of the flower consists of stamens, each with a filament and an anther. Anthers and the other parts of the flower are derived from leaves: the filament is a modified petiole and the anther the blade. Anthers differ in shape and size. Shapes range from spherical to oblong, or sometimes convoluted, as in pumpkin. Sizes ranges from less than a millimetre in the forget-me-not (Myosotis) to several centimetres in some lilies and Magnolia.

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Pacini, E. (1994). Cell biology of anther and pollen development. In: Williams, E.G., Clarke, A.E., Knox, R.B. (eds) Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants. Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1669-7_14

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