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The focus of this paper is the microtubular cytoskeleton of microspore mother cells and tapetal cells. In both tissues, the microtubular cytoskeleton takes several forms during microsporogenesis and may perform a number of differing roles during meiosis and pollen development. The major part played by microtubules during microsporogenesis is in cell division. In the microspore, the microtubular cytoskeleton, via the microtubular organizing centres (MTOCs), appears to have an indirect role in the siting of the colpus but it plays no direct part in wall patterning. It may also be active in sexine formation in the directional movement of vesicles containing wall precursors, and in the ordered deposition of wall material. Although an association has been observed between microtubules and cisternae forming the nexine 2, it is not known whether these are causally related. It is envisaged that the microtubules play a similar role in intine formation to that played in the development of somatic cellulosic walls.
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Owens, S.J., Sheldon, J.M., Dickinson, H.G. (1990). The microtubular cytoskeleton during pollen development. In: Hesse, M., Ehrendorfer, F. (eds) Morphology, Development, and Systematic Relevance of Pollen and Spores. Plant Systematics and Evolution, vol 5. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9079-1_3
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