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Science 12 April 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3563, pp. 173 - 175
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3563.173
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Nature of Cohesion within Pollen Tetrads of Typha latifolia

John J. Skvarla 1 and Donald A. Larson 1

1 Department of Botany and Plant Research Institute, University of Texas, Austin 12

Pollen tetrads in Typha latifolia result from the fusion of the outermost portion of the exine (the tectum) where microspores within the meiotic tetrad are contiguous. Exine stratification is discussed.


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