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double fertilization

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on double fertilization with 13 nodes and 27 connections. Top connected: Self-sterility in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Pole, pollination exclusion experiment, ecological speciation, self-pollination, self-incompatibility.

Definition

The fusion of one sperm with the egg to form a zygote and fusion of another sperm with polar nuclei to form endosperm, characteristic of angiosperms

Publications (1)

article

Self-sterility in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Polemoniaceae) is due to prezygotic ovule degeneration

2006American Journal of Botanymeasured

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