Microscopy of Physcomitrella patens sperm cells
Abstract Background Archegoniates (bryophytes, ferns and gymnosperms), such as the moss Physcomitrella patens, possess freely motile sperm cells (spermatozoids) which reach the egg cell via surface water. Although these motile flagellated sperm cells are a traditional botanical subject, they have no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Plant Methods |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-017-0186-2 |