ARDOUS JOURNEY. “Sperm cells of flowering plants are non-motile and thus require transportation to the egg apparatus via the pollen tube to execute double fertilization. During its journey, the pollen tube interacts with various sporophytic cell types that support its growth and guide it towards the surface of the ovule. The final steps of tube guidance and sperm delivery are controlled by the cells of the female gametophyte.”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674205214608996
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022