BISC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Meristem, Double Fertilization, Flowering Plant

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Plant life cycles involve alternation of generations (not unique) Multicellular haploid (n) generation is microscopic (a few cells) Two sperm cells fuse with different female nuclei forming zygote and endosperm (unique) Flowers are the reproductive structures form when the shoot apical meristem becomes a floral meristem. Anthers contain microsporangia with many diploid (2n) microsporocytes. Microspores mitosis 2-cell male gametophyte with generative cell + tube cell + outer coat. Carpels contain one or more ovules which produce the female gametophyte. Ovules contain megasporangium with a diploid megasporocyte. Megasporocyte meiosis 4 haploid megaspores (one survives) Megaspore 3 x mitosis female gametophyte or embryo sac with eight (23) haploid nuclei (multicellular) embryo sac is a complex structure with 8 nuclei and 7 cells. 2 x synergids guide pollen tube to embryo sac (by chemical signalling) 2 x polar nuclei (=1 cell) form endosperm. Micropyle (cid:894)(cid:862)little gate(cid:863)(cid:895) provides a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess for(cid:373) sper(cid:373) (cid:374)u(cid:272)leus.

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