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Double fertilization

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Double fertilization is a complex fertilization mechanism of flowering plants (angiosperms). [1]

43 relations: Arabidopsis thaliana, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Convergent evolution, Cytokinesis, Egg cell, Electron microscope, Embryo, Endosperm, Ephedra (plant), Ephedra nevadensis, Fertilisation, Flowering plant, France, Fritillaria, Fritillaria orientalis, Gamete, Gametophyte, Germination, Gnetophyta, Gnetum, Gnetum gnemon, Gymnosperm, Gynoecium, In vivo, Kiev, Lilium martagon, Megaspore, Meiosis, Microspore, Mitosis, New Phytologist, Optical microscope, Ovary (botany), Ovule, Pinophyta, Ploidy, Pollen, Pollen tube, Polyploid, Russian Empire, Sergei Navashin, Stamen, Trends (journals).

Arabidopsis thaliana

Arabidopsis thaliana, the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small flowering plant native to Eurasia and Africa.

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Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences

Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences (English: Proceedings of the Academy of sciences), or simply Comptes rendus, is a French scientific journal which has been published since 1666.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Cytokinesis

Cytokinesis is the part of the cell division process during which the cytoplasm of a single eukaryotic cell divides into two daughter cells.

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Egg cell

The egg cell, or ovum (plural ova), is the female reproductive cell (gamete) in oogamous organisms.

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Electron microscope

An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination.

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Embryo

An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.

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Endosperm

The endosperm is the tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following fertilization.

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Ephedra (plant)

Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales.

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Ephedra nevadensis

Ephedra nevadensis (Nevada ephedra) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.

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Fertilisation

Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, conception, fecundation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to initiate the development of a new individual organism.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fritillaria

Fritillaria (fritillaries) is a genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family (Liliaceae).

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Fritillaria orientalis

Fritillaria orientalis is a Eurasian species of monocotyledon plant of the lily family.

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Gamete

A gamete (from Ancient Greek γαμετή gamete from gamein "to marry") is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization (conception) in organisms that sexually reproduce.

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Gametophyte

A gametophyte is one of the two alternating phases in the life cycle of plants and algae.

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Germination

Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or similar structure.

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Gnetophyta

Gnetophyta is a division of plants, grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three relict genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae), and Ephedra (family Ephedraceae).

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Gnetum

Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales.

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Gnetum gnemon

Gnetum gnemon is a species of Gnetum native to southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean islands, from Mizoram and Assam in India, south and east through Indonesia and Malaysia to the Philippines and Fiji.

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Gymnosperm

The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes.

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Gynoecium

Gynoecium (from Ancient Greek γυνή, gyne, meaning woman, and οἶκος, oikos, meaning house) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds.

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In vivo

Studies that are in vivo (Latin for "within the living"; often not italicized in English) are those in which the effects of various biological entities are tested on whole, living organisms or cells, usually animals, including humans, and plants, as opposed to a tissue extract or dead organism.

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Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv (Kyiv; Kiyev; Kyjev) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper.

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Lilium martagon

Lilium martagon (martagon lily or Turk's cap lily) is a Eurasian species of lily.

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Megaspore

Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants.

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Meiosis

Meiosis (from Greek μείωσις, meiosis, which means lessening) is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell that gave rise to them.

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Microspore

Microspores are land plant spores that develop into male gametophytes, whereas megaspores develop into female gametophytes.

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Mitosis

In cell biology, mitosis is a part of the cell cycle when replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published on behalf of the New Phytologist Trust by Wiley-Blackwell.

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Optical microscope

The optical microscope, often referred to as the light microscope, is a type of microscope that uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small subjects.

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Ovary (botany)

In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.

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Ovule

In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Ploidy

Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.

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Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).

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Pollen tube

A pollen tube is a tubular structure produced by the male gametophyte of seed plants when it germinates.

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Polyploid

Polyploid cells and organisms are those containing more than two paired (homologous) sets of chromosomes.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Sergei Navashin

Sergei Gavrilovich Navashin (Серге́й Гаврилович Навашин); (14 December 1857 – 10 December 1930) was a Russian biologist.

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Stamen

The stamen (plural stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.

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Trends (journals)

Trends is a series of scientific journals owned by Elsevier that publish review articles in a range of areas of biology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_fertilization

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