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Molecular Aspects of Natural and Induced Incompatibility in Flowering Plants

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Progress in Botany

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Evolutionary success of the angiosperms is based to a considerable extent on the development of a great diversity of flowers, which are adapted to ensure efficient reproduction. Thus, carpels protect the ovules and the stigma receives the pollen grains, which after germination form a tube growing through the stylar tissue. The pollen tube delivers two generative nuclei to the embryo sac for a double fertilization. In order to increase cross-pollination leading to genetic recombination, a number of mechanisms have evolved. Besides architectural features of the flower and adaptations to insect pollination, cell biological systems contribute to the promotion of cross-fertilization.

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Gietl, C. (1994). Molecular Aspects of Natural and Induced Incompatibility in Flowering Plants. In: Behnke, HD., Lüttge, U., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany/Fortschritte der Botanik, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78568-9_11

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