CONTINUED THREAD. “Importantly, the supporting roles of the male and female companion cells do not end with gamete maturation. After pollen germination on the stigma surface, the male vegetative cell differentiates into the pollen tube that delivers the sperm to the ovule, whereas, after fertilization, the female central cell forms the basis of the triploid endosperm, which supports the developing next generation.”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580713000427
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022