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. 2012 Jun 19;22(12):R487-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.048.

Plant fertilization: maximizing reproductive success

Thomas Dresselhaus  1 , Stefanie Sprunck
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Plant fertilization: maximizing reproductive success

Thomas Dresselhaus et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Sperm competition does not occur in flowering plants as typically only a single pair of sperm cells is delivered for double fertilization. Two recent reports show that plants are capable of avoiding reproductive failure when defective sperm cells are released.

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