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double fertilization forming a zygote and endosperm

Known as: double fertilization 
Fertilization where one of the two sperm nuclei from the pollen tube fuses with the egg nucleus to form a 2n zygote, and the other fuses with the two… 
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2010
2010
Distinct Gene Expression Profiles in Egg and Synergid Cells of Rice as Revealed by Cell Type-Specific Microarrays1[W][OA]
Double fertilization in flowering plants refers to a process in which two sperm cells, carried by the pollen tube, fertilize both… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Polycomb group gene function in sexual and asexual seed development in angiosperms
In sexually reproducing angiosperms, double fertilization initiates seed development, giving rise to two fertilization products… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Maternal Gametophytic baseless1 Is Required for Development of the Central Cell and Early Endosperm Patterning in Maize (Zea mays)
In angiosperms, double fertilization of an egg cell and a central cell with two sperm cells results in the formation of a seed… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Identification of major proteins in maize egg cells.
In most flowering plants, the female gametophyte develops in an ovule deeply embedded in the ovary. Through double fertilization… 
1999
1999
A dispermic chimerism in a 2-year-old Caucasian boy
Abstract Detection of two different cell populations in a child is a rare event. The following case of a dispermic chimera was… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Kinetics of double fertilization in Torenia fournieri based on direct observations of the naked embryo sac
Abstract.Torenia fournieri Lind. has a naked embryo sac that protrudes from the micropyle. The precise time course of the entire… 
1994
1994
Occurrence of Mitochondria in the Nuclei of Tobacco Sperm Cells.
Tobacco sperm cells contain intact mitochondria within their nuclei with a frequency of 0.35 [plusmn] 0.13 per cell. These… 
1988
1988
Genetic models for quantitatively inherited endosperm characters1
Genetic models are presented for the analysis of quantitatively inherited characters which are expressed in the triploid… 
1980
1980
The origins of Soviet genetics and the struggle with Lamarckism, 1922–1929
As a separate branch of biology, genetics began to develop in the USSR only during the Soviet period. Before the revolution only… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
GENERALIZED UNBALANCED MOSAICISM ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISPERMY AND PROBABLE FERTILIZATION OF A POLAR BODY.
BLOOD GROUP MOSAICISM of human erythrocyte populations has been attributed in several instances to naturally occurring… 
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