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Fern becomes first in suborder to be classed as “independent gametophyte”

(a) Sporophytes and (b) independent gametophytes. (c) Strap-like individual gametophytes under the microscope. Scale bar is 5.0mm. (d) Clonal forming (reproduction) by gametophytes under the ...
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Gametophytes are ready for their close up: Methods used to study obscure sexual portion of plant life cycle focus of Applications in Plant Sciences special issue

A new special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences, “Methodologies in Gametophyte Biology,” highlights an often overlooked aspect of the botanical world. A collection of 15 articles describes ...
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Control of heat-shock response of young gametophytes of the sensitive fern is at the translational level

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 45, No. 273 (APRIL 1994), pp. 477-483 (7 pages) Young gametophytes of the sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, respond to heat-shock by synthesizing in excess ...