A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants to asexually reproduce through creating clonal progenies (vegetative ...

Polarized growth of pollen tubes is a critical step for successful reproduction in angiosperms and is controlled by ROP GTPases. Spatiotemporal activation of ROP (Rho GTPases of plants) necessitates a ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 97, No. 2 (Feb., 2010), pp. 365-368 (4 pages) Pollen grains are generally surrounded by an extremely resistant wall interrupted in places by apertures that play a key ...