Open AccessEvolution of sexual structures in higher plants (main types of meiosis)
Author(s) -
M. S. Yakovlev
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1981.054
Subject(s) - meiosis , gamete , gametophyte , biology , gametogenesis , evolutionary biology , sexual reproduction , genetics , zoology , botany , pollen , sperm , gene , embryogenesis
A new conception of evolutionary development of sexual structures in Magnaliophyta is presented. This group has no gametophyte phase. Their gametes differentiate in the following pattern: somacyte - meiocyte - gametocyte - gamete