Insights into a Key Developmental Switch and Its Importance for Efficient Plant Breeding

Mei Wang(Leiden University), S. van Bergen(Leiden University), Bert van Duijn(Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
October 1, 2000
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Abstract

Sexual reproduction of plants starts with the formation of gametes and a 2-fold reduction in the number of chromosomes (ploidy) of these cells. Fertilization, the union of sperm and egg cell restores the ploidy level to its normal value again. During the formation of pollen grains, the structures


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