Arabidopsis Pollen Tube (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Arabidopsis Pollen Tube

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UMass Amherst plant molecular biologist Alice Cheung says the male plant's pollen tube transports sperm to female target cells. She and colleagues identify two new receptors essential to this communication and other molecules whose interactions regulate the process.

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