Talking about sex in plants: let's get to the pitch!

Authors

  • Juan de Dios Alché Ramírez Spain

Keywords:

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Abstract

In plants, development and sexual reproduction are key steps for the generation of the next generation and for the genetic recombination resulting from the meiotic process to take place. In addition, it should not be forgotten that in many cases the production of many species of agricultural interest exploits the partial or final result of the reproductive process, as flowers, the complete fruit or the seed are often collected. Higher plants have been evolving towards the generation of increasingly reduced gametophytic (haploid) phases, which include the embryonic sac and the pollen grain as the expression of the female and male gametophytes respectively. Understanding the physiology of the pollen grain is one of the most exciting issues in reproductive biology

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Published

2011-10-20

How to Cite

Alché Ramírez , J. de D. (2011). Talking about sex in plants: let’s get to the pitch!. Encuentros En La Biología, 4(135), 45–46. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18450