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Comment
. 2019 Jul 8;123(7):vi-vii.
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcz089.

Experimental 'morphogenesis in miniature' illuminates the evolution and development of pollen wall patterns. A commentary on: 'Mimicking pollen and spore walls: self-assembly in action'

Stephen Blackmore  1
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Comment

Experimental 'morphogenesis in miniature' illuminates the evolution and development of pollen wall patterns. A commentary on: 'Mimicking pollen and spore walls: self-assembly in action'

Stephen Blackmore. Ann Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Nina I. Gabarayeva, Valentina V. Grigorjeva and Alexey L. Shavarda. 2019. Mimicking pollen and spore walls: self-assembly in action. Annals of Botany 123(7): 1205–1218.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
The elaborate, alveolate glycocalyx (G) of an Echinops exaltatus microspore (Gabarayeva et al., 2018 [Fig. 6]) entering the late tetrad stage and surrounded by the callose special cell wall (C). The glycocalyx is absent at the site of a developing aperture (A) and separated from the microspore cytoplasm by liquid filled gaps (g), where a subsequent phase of colloidal micelles will be established. N—nucleus; Nu—nucleolus. Horizontal scale bar 1 µm.
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