ReviewCurrent opinion in plant biology2021
From birth to function: Male gametophyte development in flowering plants.
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- Transcriptional reprogramming of heat-sensitive maize anther development under heat stress.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Effect of UV-B stress on olive (Olea europaea L.) pollen tubes: A study of callose plug deposition and male germ unit integrity.Protoplasma · 2025Article
- Investigating vesicle-mediated regulation of pollen tube growth through BFA inhibition and AS-ODN targeting ofHorticulture research · 2025Article
- Dynamic changes in 3D chromatin structure during male gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.Genome biology · 2025Article
- Comparative gametogenesis and genomic signatures associated with pollen sterility in the seedless mutant of grapevine.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- The BNB-GLID module regulates germline fate determination in Marchantia polymorpha.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Heat stress at the bicellular stage inhibits sperm cell development and transport into pollen tubes.Plant physiology · 2024Article
- Changes in mBMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Distinct chromatin signatures in the Arabidopsis male gametophyte.Nature genetics · 2023Article
- At the Nexus between Cytoskeleton and Vacuole: How Plant Cytoskeletons Govern the Dynamics of Large Vacuoles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Epigenetic Dynamics and Regulation of Plant Male Reproduction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Integrated cytological and transcriptomic analysis reveals insights into pollen fertility in newly syntheticFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Male germline development in flowering plants involves two distinct and successive phases, microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis, which involve one meiosis followed by two rounds of mitosis. Many aspects of distinctions after mitosis between the vegetative cell and the male germ cells are seen, from morphology to structure, and the differential functions of the two cell types in the male gametophyte are differentially needed and required for double fertilization. The two sperm cells, carriers of the hereditary substances, depend on the vegetative cell/pollen tube to be delivered to the female gametophyte for double fertilization. Thus, the intercellular communication and coordinated activity within the male gametophyte probably represent the most subtle regulation in flowering plants to guarantee the success of reproduction. This review will focus on what we have known about the differentiation process and the functional diversification of the vegetative cell and the male germ cell, the most crucial cell types for plant fertility and crop production.
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