Mechanistic insights from a quantitative analysis of pollen tube guidance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Plant biologists have long speculated about the mechanisms that guide pollen tubes to ovules. Although there is now evidence that ovules emit a diffusible attractant, little is known about how this attractant mediates interactions be...

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Main Authors: Bhimalapuram Prabhakar, Jones-Rhoades Matthew, Stewman Shannon F, Tchernookov Martin, Preuss Daphne, Dinner Aaron R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/32