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Fine structure of Quercus pollen from the Holocene sediments of the Sea of Japan

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Holocene dispersed pollen from two cores from the shelf zone of the Korean Bay and from the deep water zone of the south of the Sea of Japan were studied by means of light and electron (scanning and transmission) microscopy. Three sculpture types were observed: rod-like, rugulate-granulate and (micro)verrucate. Ten conventional groups were separated according to the sporoderm morphology and ultrastructure. Possible specific attribution was suggested based on the comparison with published data on modern and fossil oak pollen. The perspective of further application of electron microscopy for this taxon is discussed.

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The work was performed at User Facilities Center of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University under the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and at User Facilities Center of A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant # 12-04-01740-a, by the grant by President RF MK-3156.2014.4 and by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, # 14-III-B-06-041.

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    Maria V. Tekleva

  2. Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok, Russia

    Natalia N. Naryshkina & Tatiana A. Evstigneeva

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Tekleva, M.V., Naryshkina, N.N. & Evstigneeva, T.A. Fine structure of Quercus pollen from the Holocene sediments of the Sea of Japan. Plant Syst Evol 300, 1877–1893 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-1014-z

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