Pollen stations

Pollen and Pollen Tube Proteomics

Germinated pollen grains form pollen tubes that accomplish rapid polarized growth within female gametophytic tissues in order to deliver the sperm cell to the ovule. This process is essential for successful plant fertilization in vivo. Pollen tubes are considered to be an ideal model system to study tip growth. A more comprehensive understanding of proteins involved in pollen development, germi...

Pollen

Does cohesion fatigue play a role in the ‘maternal age effect’? The frequency of aneuploid conceptions in humans increases strikingly with maternal age, approaching 35% for women in their 40s. Remarkably, if studies of mouse oocytes are applicable to humans, it appears that the actual cohesin molecules that bind chromatids together in the oocytes of women may be decades old. In mammals, S phase...

Visually Profiling Radio Stations

The overwhelming number of radio stations, both online and over the air, makes the choice of an appropriate program difficult. By profiling the program content of radio stations using Self-Organizing Maps we provide a reflection of a station’s program type and give potential listeners a visual clue for selecting radio stations. Profiles of current broadcasts indicate which program type a statio...

Transfer Stations and Synchronization

Pollen sporoplasts: dissolution of pollen walls.

4-Methylmorpholine N-oxide monohydrate (MMNO.H(2)O), a potent solvent for polysaccharides, is an effective vehicle for release of membrane-enclosed male gametophytes (sporoplasts) from spore walls. This release occurs in minutes when pollen (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) is suspended in a melt of MMNO.H(2)O at 75 degrees C. Continued heating at 75 degrees C leads to distintegration of the exine ;s...