Male gametes are found in pollen grains and produced in the anthers of the flower. Female gametes are found in ovules and produced in the ovary of the flower.
Scientists from South Africa and Brazil have provided empirical evidence that pollen grains of rival plants may compete with one another for space on pollinators, thus influencing whose pollen is ...
High-speed video showed that pollen grains from exploding flowers functioned like missiles to knock existing pollen away. “It’s almost like there’s a division of labor for pollen.
They started by depositing grains of fluorescent-tagged pollen onto the beak of a hummingbird skull, then counting the number of grains present. Next, that beak was inserted into a Hypenea ...
The slow motion footage and images here capture the catapult-like mechanism of a Hypenea macrantha flower when a the bill of a hummingbird's skull is inserted. It clearly shows how the explosive ...
According to the US Department of Agriculture, pollination occurs when the male part of the flower — the anther — releases ...
miR2118 specifically accumulates in anther wall cells ... as WT plants produce viable pollen but osago1d mutants produce inviable pollen.
The winners of the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest bring an incredible look at the miniature details that ...