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. 1997 Feb 1;7(2):R64-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00037-6.

Attractive ovules

D R Smyth  1
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Attractive ovules

D R Smyth. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The guidance of a pollen tube through the female flower to reach an ovule is genetically controlled and occurs only if the ovule's embryo sac has developed, suggesting that the embryo sac is the source of a specific pollen tube attractant.

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