Organelle Alteration as a Mechanism for Maternal Inheritance
- 11 April 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 208 (4440), 196-198
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.208.4440.196
Abstract
An ultrastructural study of pollen-derived plants and normal microspore development indicates that chloroplasts and mitochondria are physically altered during microsporogenesis. These changes appear to debilitate the organelle so that only chloroplasts and mitochondria of the female parent are contributed to the offspring.Keywords
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