video: Cartoon showing the process of double fertilization in a wild type ovule, and unsuccessful double fertilization in a mutant EC1 ovule. Explanations are given in the movie. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 23, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Stefanie Sprunck at University of Regensburg in Regensburg, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Egg Cell–Secreted EC1 Triggers Sperm Cell Activation During Double Fertilization." view more
Credit: Video courtesy of Stefanie Sprunck