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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Intermediate evolutionary state of motile sperm and pollen tubes in the extant gymnosperm

Yukiho Toyama, Satohiro Okuda, Takamasa Suzuki, Tetsuya Higashiyama

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yukiho ToyamaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0009-0000-0976-7986
Satohiro OkudaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Takamasa SuzukiDepartment of Biological Chemistry, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
Tetsuya HigashiyamaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7346-360X

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22H04980MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22H05172MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22H05178MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22K21352MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23KJ0741
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Abstract

Evolutionary transitions in land plant fertilization from zooidogamy to siphonogamy were characterized by transformations of male reproductive cells. Basal land plants such as bryophytes and pteridophytes have motile sperm, whereas most seed plants have nonmotile sperm, delivered by a pollen tube. Despite being seed plants, gymnosperm cycads and ginkgo uniquely form highly multiflagellated and large motile sperm within pollen tubes. However, the evolutionary state of these male reproductive cells remains unknown. We clarified the gene expression profiles of

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Biological EvolutionCycasPollenPollen TubeEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantPhylogenyde novo assemblyextant gymnospermfertilization system evolutionmotile sperm

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PMID41576093
PMCPMC12849711

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