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Abstract
A saccate pollen grain with a branched pollen tube has been discovered within the pollen chamber of a fossil seed-fern ovule of Middle Pennsylvanian age. This suggests that microgametophytes comparable to those of living gymnosperms were produced by some Paleozoic pteridosperms.Year: 1972 PMID: 17836137 DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4023.772
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728